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From: jspencer@p510.f22.n282.z1.mmug.edgar.mn.org (Jim Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Beta and E.T.O. (Apple crispies)
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Date: 25 Feb 91 00:02:42 GMT
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Laird J. Heal writes in a message to All

LJH> I did some more checking and the price (in the Fall APDAlog) 
LJH> is not $300/yr but rather $995. That's right, a cool G. Oh, that 
LJH> does include *four* CD disks, one for each season, but remember, 
LJH> as the APDAlog states, _this_is_a_ _single_user_product_. In 
LJH> my case, since I personally have purchased MPW C and Pascal, 
LJH> I could get a discount; would my very old version of MacApp count? 
LJH> I have little use either for it or C++ except to cobble a primrose 
LJH> object-oriented path. 

What are you going on about?  1) The price of ETO is $300 per year once you own all the parts.  The $995 gets you all of the parts the first time plus all of the manuals.  For you, already owning MPW, MPW C and MPW Pascal, you can save some money (in fact if you own these, I can't figure out why you wouldn't have bought the bundle in which case you already have the Assembler and SADE as well and all you have left to buy other than the $300 subscription is MacApp and this you might be able to upgrade.)

This misses the point however.  You can still buy upgrades of the latest release software from APDA.  If you aren't going to use enough of ETO to make it worth your while, then don't buy it.  What you will lack is the cutting edge stuff but, so what?
 

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