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From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: net.rumor,net.micro.mac,net.micro
Subject: Rumor of spiteful Apple media ploy
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Date: Thu, 12-Dec-85 16:03:02 EST
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I got this rumor off of a local B-Board, so take it with a pound of salt:

According to the poster, an Article in the Wall Street Journal (or perhaps
an ad there) had the headline "FREE MAC UPGRADE!"  Under it, it said that
John Sculley has authorized that anyone can bring their Mac into a local
Apple Service Center and, for free...

...have Steve Jobs signiture ground off the inside cover of the Mac.

Could someone confirm/deny this?  I really doubt it, because it strikes me
as bad P.R.; however, if it's true, the term "weenie" comes to mind in
association with Apple and Sculley.  I've approved of most of Sculley's
moves since he took over, but really, Jobs did so much for the design and
construction of the Mac, any move of this type would be pure spite.

                "A man who has no business being anyone's role model..."

                                        Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
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