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From: mxmora@unix.SRI.COM (Matt Mora)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: New Apple Self-Help Tools
Message-ID: <23337@unix.SRI.COM>
Date: 17 Apr 91 18:56:23 GMT
References: <13063@goofy.Apple.COM> <1991Apr16.040127.5260@wlbr.imsd.contel.com> <51554@apple.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: mxmora@unix.sri.com (Matt Mora)
Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
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In article <51554@apple.Apple.COM> keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) writes:

>The first consideration is the price of the components of each
>package.  For instance, sez here that the Mac C Programming package
>consists of THINK C, Mac Programming Primer, Human Interface
>Guidelines, and Mac Programming Secrets. THINK C runs $200-250, and you
>can figure about $20 for each book. This means that the total price
>should be in the area of $280-$330. The actual price is $250.
>
>Now, this sort of leads to the second consideration, which is the
>discount that Apple gives you. THINK C by itself costs $249 from APDA.
>That means that Apple is throwing in 4 books for $1.

WOW! I guess APDA is making a pretty penny on THINK C. I bought my
copy from MacConnection and it was around $165.00. Thats $84.00 dollar
difference. Divided by four books equals $21 a book. No bargin there.

I can't understand why Apple's developing products are SO expensive.
When it is the final product from us, the developers, that helps
them sell computers. 

I just received another ploy from apple. $6000 for phone sex, Oops...
I mean technical support help line. I think the phone number is
1-976-cal-appl. :-) JUST KIDDING. SMILELY SMILELY

Realy $6000 for phone help. Now where did apple come up with that price?
Why doesn't apple just use a 900 number? They could charge  0.75 a minute.
That woould be like getting a consultant for $45.00 an hour. Thats not
to bad.

 
















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