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From: boortz@sics.se (Kent Boortz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: MacClassic & System 7.0
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Date: 20 Sep 90 21:22:11 GMT
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In-Reply-To: dwal@ellis.uchicago.edu's message of 20 Sep 90 16:36:06 GMT


Sweden is a small market (but we have many mac's per capita). 
The Apple monopoly is very strong. You can't find alternatives in a mac 
store to products like Localtalk connectors (PhoneNet), you have to pay Apple
$100 each. There is no competition between different stores (is it the same
in US?). If you buy software you have to pay 2, 3 times (or more) than you
can get with mail order from US including tax and freight. We tried to upgrade 
THINK C, bought in Sweden, but it should take months to get it and cost the 
same as buying a new one from APDA.

The funny thing is that they add this enormous profit even to software not
translated into Swedish (not even the manual). Someone is making big money ;-)

Remember that most people (at least in Sweden) don't have the information
that you all have (news, magazines etc). They go were they bought the
mac to upgrade and in Sweden this is an Apple RAM upgrade from an Apple
dealer.

Sorry about going a bit from the point (it was MacClassic & System 7.0)

Kent Boortz
boortz@sics.se