Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!widener!netnews.upenn.edu!eck From: eck@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Hangnail Whipperwill) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: $99 for System 7.0?!? Message-ID: Date: 25 Apr 91 19:52:06 GMT References: <41947@netnews.upenn.edu> Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Organization: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA Lines: 32 Nntp-Posting-Host: eniac.seas.upenn.edu In-reply-to: hamilton@kickapoo.cs.iastate.edu's message of 25 Apr 91 13:47:36 GMT Thank you. That's all I wanted, a little bit of rational discussion in response to my rational, if a bit heated, post. I take MacWeek with a grain of salt about the size of Montana, and therefore asked for confirmation of the newest pricing rumor. As to what Apple employees have to say, I was told by just such an employee about three weeks ago that you would NOT be able to just walk down to your dealer and copy the software. He implied that the full price would have to be paid (and he quoted $60 or $70...) I apologize for offending anyone; sorry if I don't have access to the founts of information that the flamers seem to have. This net is the most reliable source of info around on a lot of things, and conflicting reports have been posted by many people even here. After all, if you didn't want to read another message about the pricing of System 7.0, you could have exercised your freedom of choice and just pushed "n"... Again, thank you to those who took a minute to respond intelligently and civilly to my post. And NO thanks to the joker who flamed me in e-mail. Brian Eck P.S. I also did not really mean to bash Apple. After all, I've got to love the company after eight years of owning their products, eh? :) But our responsibility as consumers is to let the companies know if they might be doing something wrong. (zzzzip!) (the sound of my mouth being closed until May 13 after its first and only opening on this topic...)