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From: tody@noao.edu (Doug Tody  CCS)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: A/UX 3rd Party Product Guide
Message-ID: <1990Dec18.180757.13665@noao.edu>
Date: 18 Dec 90 18:07:57 GMT
References: <1990Dec18.051053.12719@panix.uucp>
Organization: National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, AZ, USA
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From article <1990Dec18.051053.12719@panix.uucp>, by alexis@panix.uucp (Alexis Rosen):

> There's one other problem. Many products which don't exist, or which aren't
> yet released, are in this book. I think that that's done in poor faith, and
> that _nothing_ should be in that book that hasn't been tested by Apple. After
> all, if they want to distribute a book of A/UX advertisements, they should
> call it that.
> 
> This is one of the things that MacUser forced on me. I would not have written
> about it this way, and did not- you're reading the Editor's words. As far
> as I know, Apple did not have any direct hand in that, so I don't blame them
> for it.

I can understand your not wanting to be blamed for any inaccuracies in the
third party products guide, since it was mentioned in your article, and I am
sure everyone will appreciate your warnings.  Speaking as a user though, I
am glad to have this guide (and I didn't know about it until I read your
article).  I considered it to be only a guide, a pointer to some possible
third party products for A/UX, not an endorsement by Apple for these
products.  Obviously Apple cannot be responsible for third party products
and only the third party vendor (or maybe an experienced user) knows enough
about a product to certify that it runs under A/UX.  I hope Apple will
continue to provide this service.

-- 
Doug Tody, National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson AZ, 602-325-9217
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