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From: dbert@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Douglas Siebert)
Subject: Re: System 7
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Date: Sat, 6 Apr 91 11:46:14 GMT
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In article <1340@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> jtgorman@cs.arizona.edu (J. Taggart Gorman) writes:
>
>  I'm starting to get an idea about System 7.
>  Awhile ago I asked on comp.sys.mac.misc for the lastest version of MacsBug,
>not realized that Apple _sold_ it.
>  Now we've all seen all these messages about people wanting a copy of it and
>there have been no responses, unless the answers have been hidden.  So I'm
>starting to think that all the developers who got 7.0b* also got a message
>along with it saying something along the line : "Do _NOT_ realease this system
>software to any unauthorized person.  We are planning to market Sys7."
>  Whaddaya think?
>
*heavy sigh*  Apple employees have assured us in this very newsgroup that the
policy for System 7.0 will be the same as for previous systems.  Free if you
bring in blank disks (7 800K or 4 HD) to an authorized dealer, $50 if you want
the manuals.  Besides, considering that Apple distributed betas to around
20,000 developers, and many of them read these groups, don't you think at
least one of them would have let us know if this was the case?  Anonymously, I
suppose, if he really feared Apple would punish him for the sin of releasing
even this information about 7.0....so, to reiterate System 7.0 will be free.
Free.  Free.  Free.  At least in the U.S.  Those in other countries may have
to pay, but they can always wait a bit for it to be posted to apple.com and
FTP it from there for free! :)

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Doug Siebert                                     dbert@gnu.ai.mit.edu
MBA Student (2nd year)
The University of Iowa