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From: oleary@ux.acs.umn.edu (Doc O'Leary)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Apple will be charging for System 7.0 (TM) (C) etc...
Message-ID: <3849@ux.acs.umn.edu>
Date: 2 May 91 16:34:41 GMT
References: <3851@texsun.Central.Sun.COM> <255@hsvaic.boeing.com> <1991May2.055055.19376@CAM.ORG>
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In article <1991May2.055055.19376@CAM.ORG> pascal@CAM.ORG (Pascal Gosselin) writes, among other things:

>Basically, users in Canada will NOT be given a choice, they will HAVE to
>pay to get System 7.0 legally and will automatically recieve the docs and
>the support associated with the package.

>I am NOT trying to hype anything, but any Canadian user who thinks he can
>just drop by a dealer on May 13th and get a copy will be seriously
>dissapointed when he learns that the rules of the game have TOTALLY
>changed in Canada.

I have no idea whether this is true or not, but if it is, the implication is
that System 7 will NOT be available for anonymous ftp ANYWHERE.

         ---------   Doc


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