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From: jordan@Apple.COM (Jordan Mattson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Beta and E.T.O.
Message-ID: <49212@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 15 Feb 91 18:55:37 GMT
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Dear Robert -
  The overhead involved in doing a beta version through APDA is considerable and
makes beta's almost as involved as doing a final and pretty much the same price
as a final.
  Instead of doing betas through APDA, I have been moving to putting beta out
on E.T.O. (as well as other pre-release software that it is good for developers
to have).  It is allowing us to move faster on shipping products and to turn
our products much faster.
  If you are a leading edge developer, who would use beta products, then E.T.O.
is the product for you.  For $300.00 a year, you stay current with the latest
and greatest from Apple.  I highly recommend that you take the plunge, along
with a lot of other developers, and go for E.T.O.


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