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From: jcav@quads.uchicago.edu (john  cavallino)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Price for System 7.0?
Keywords: $$, 7.0
Message-ID: <1991Apr4.234519.8976@midway.uchicago.edu>
Date: 4 Apr 91 23:45:19 GMT
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In article <1991Apr04.210747.8868@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> ghe@physics.orst.edu writes:
>System 7.0 is a hot topic on the net now. But can anyone tell me about
>how much Apple is going to charge for it? I went to the computer base
>of OSU bookstore today. The saleslady told that Apple is going to sale
>System 7.0 instead of distribute it free. She did not know how much
>and said it could be around $120. Anyone on the net can clarify it?
>Taking $120 from a poor student for a system software is a crime. :-(.

Posting the opinion of the saleslady at the OSU bookstore as definitive
information about Apple's distribution policies for unreleased products
should be a crime. :-(     Chill out and wait and see.  The policy will
probably be unchanged, which means free if you bring your own disks, $50 if
you want manuals and disks and shrink-wrap.

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