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Subject: grass not greener on other side
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Date: 31 May 91 09:49:57 GMT
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For all of those out there who appear to believe that the grass is greener in
other computer pastures for small developers, I refer them to the July 1991
issue of Macworld, wherein Steven Levy writes an article titled "The Rime of
the Ancient Marketer: a cautionary tale for little guys in the Mac
marketplace".

Several quotes of interest:

"I don't know if any small companies will be around soon," he told me. "Nine
companies sell over 90 percent of the software, and over a hundred are fighting
for the rest."

"But not everything was rosy.  Apple had just instituted a policy that required
developers to pay $750 for the privilege of being authorized to write the
software that would support the Mac."

Caveat emptor.

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David Paschall-Zimbel		davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu