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From: macman@wpi.WPI.EDU (Chris Silverberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Apple will be charging for System 7.0 (TM) (C) etc...
Message-ID: <1991Apr23.204503.21066@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Date: 23 Apr 91 20:45:03 GMT
References: <1991Apr23.041147.5758@CAM.ORG>
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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In an article pascal@CAM.ORG (Pascal Gosselin) rambles:

>Just thought you might like to know that System 7.0 will NOT be made
>available through 'copy-all-you-want' dealers, user groups, etc...
>Apple will be charging (I can't reveil the amount 'cuz of non-disclosure,
>but I was told that I could say to customers that there will be a fee
>involved) for System 7.0 .  Lets just say you could buy yourself a copy
>of Windows 3.0 for a lot less. 

There are still conflicting view apparently then... I have been told by
serveral sources that user groups will be able to distribute System 7 by the
same means that they have been distributing system 6.x.

As MacWeek reported, Apple seems to realize that system 7 will be pretty much
copies all over the place (which is the way it should be). People who do
not purchase 7.0 from a dealer will still be able to access technical support,
although they will have to pay for the calls. (A person who purchases
System 7.0 will have toll free tech support).

- Chris


 
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