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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
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Subject: Re: ResEdit 2.1 & ResEditFixer:  summary (?)
Message-ID: <1990Dec21.200913.2449@eng.umd.edu>
Date: 21 Dec 90 20:09:13 GMT
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In article <39635@nigel.ee.udel.edu> johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu writes:
>In article <1990Dec19.201415.6622@eng.umd.edu>, russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) writes...

>>Consider this a slam against someone at Apple:  America OnLine, CI$, GEnie,
>
>[ blah, blah, blah ]
>
>>(In my more cynical moments, I think they are deliberately delaying releasing
>>it electronically until the first of the year, so they can be assured of
>>more license fees.)
>
>More license fees?  For ResEdit?  When 1.2 was offered for something
>like $12 for the past few years, and that was only if you needed documentation

For the past few years, Apple has been charging BBSs, etc, a yearly fee for
the right to post ResEdit in their files area.  Don't know the price offhand.

>Has it occured to anybody that maybe they'd like to just have a few weeks 
>to get the damn manuals printed ???  The "Get Info" box says that the damn
>thing was finished less than two weeks ago.  And why shouldn't developers 
>and APDA members get first crack?  

Why would they need to get the manuals printing for electronic distribution?
And why should electronic services be made to wait?  It used to be developers
first, electronic distribution shortly thereafter, and then APDA had to wait
for the manual.

>Apple also has the right to attempt to standardize the release version of
>the product;  the ResEdit 2.1 package which I was 'shown' by a developer
>includes a very nice set of example files, and even some instructions 
>as to how to use them.  Even freeware and shareware authors place certain
>restrictions on distribution in order to assure that his or her product
>is fairly represented.

Agreed, but the package is together-- Apple merely isn't sending it out to
those who are entitled to it.
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Matthew T. Russotto	russotto@eng.umd.edu	russotto@wam.umd.edu
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