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From: kurtzman@pollux.usc.edu (Stephen Kurtzman)
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Subject: Re: ftp.apple.com STILL down?
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Date: 16 May 91 08:19:17 GMT
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In article <19413@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> bochen@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Meathead) writes:
>In article <1991May15.150616.1235@njitgw.njit.edu> gaines@mars.njit.edu (Starman) writes:
>>and there isn't a dealer in the area willing
>>to copy the disks. Sigh.......

>Everyone knows that the only reason dealers won't let you copy is
>sheer greed.  This attitude towards distribution is crap, guys, and
>you know it.

I called several authorized apple dealers in my area. None of them had
copies on hand. Two said that they had received copies but had sold
them all. One offered to put me on a waiting list. I asked both of
these stores if they had a machine with system 7 running from which I
could copy the distribution. Both stores said that Apple (!)  was
requiring everyone to buy 7.0 upgrades. Both stores were unfazed when
I told them they were mistaken.

Had these stores said something like "Well, were not copying disks for
people for a few weeks because it would disrupt our normal operations
due to the high demand." I would have thought that reasonable. But it
was clear that they only cared to get the bucks.

I'll be getting my upgrade from the local user group instead.

Of course, while those stores were so anxious to get their slim profit
margin off of me for a version 7 upgrade kit, they removed themselves
from my list of stores to visit when I buy a new mac system in a
couple of months.


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Stephen Kurtzman             | "love is a minor chord; love is a mental ward;"
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