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From: bc@Apple.COM (bill coderre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: May 13th yesterday (was May 13th Today)
Message-ID: <52920@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 15 May 91 18:11:43 GMT
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kiran@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Kiran Wagle) writes:
|Who else is there to blame? They've been shipping upgrade kits, so at
|least some disk copying is being done. Sending 7 disks to each of
|their dealers by overnight mail doesn't seem so unreasonable to me,
|nor does selling sumex &c licences to distribute the software, for
|say, $1 or so. But Apple still hasn't got the hang of being a mass
|marketer, even with that guy from Pepsi in charge. 

I don't think it's fair to "blame" anyone when Apple DID TAKE ALL THE
STEPS YOU DEMAND so rudely, and the simple answer is that System 7.0
should (should should) be almost everywhere in the continental US

			      THIS WEEK

Does that seem fair to you?


As for mass marketing, consider that the average markup of all items
in a grocery store is about 2%. (Source: Safeway) Since some items
like batteries and vitamins have much larger markups, imagine what the
markup on eggs and milk is.

Now, try to get ANY computer store to run on that kind of markup.

When you do, come talk to Apple about a job.

In the mean time, why don't you call your dealer and see if it's there
yet. Sheesh.

bill coderre
frankly a little amazed at this "something for nothing" attitude