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From: joel@gould9.UUCP (Joel West)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Free $80 Inside Macintosh(TM)!
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Date: Tue, 21-Jan-86 21:53:51 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 21 21:53:51 1986
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Organization: CACI, Inc. -- La Jolla, Calif.
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Keywords: DeLorean, time warp
Summary: buy software supplement

I thought I saw passing reference to this, but let me reiterate for
anyone who missed it.

Despite rumors to the contrary, Apple IS making good on one of their
promises to early pioneers.  In fact, it appears to me that Scully
is living up to what he's told stock analysts, which is that Apple
will start taking promises seriously.  (I consider the Lisa 1/2/XL
to Mac Plus upgrade path another sign of good faith).

In the UPS today I got a letter:

    Dear Developer,

    When you purchased the Macintosh Software Supplement we promised
    to send you a copy of the published edition of Inside Macintosh
    when it was available.  We know you've been waiting a long time
    and we're delighted to be able to reward your patience by sending
    you the hardbound edtion of Inside Macintosh from Addison-Wesley,
    which you will find enclosed....

(It also includes an order form for the Dec 85 supplement, $25, including
the HFS Programmer's Package.)

After hearing from one software publisher that Apple had dropped 
the idea for reasons of cost, I for one am pleasantly suprised and 
encouraged.  I also think that good follow-through on commitments
is a sign of an organization that knows what it's doing, builds trust 
in the business community and is an encouraging sign for Apple's 
prospects.

And despite all the general bitching and groaning two years ago, I 
think the $250 for Inside Mac and the Software Supplement was well
spent.  I'm sure Apple lost money on me on it (though they made it 
on my 128k, 1 drive Mac + Imagewriter at $2800).

-- 
	Joel West	 	(619) 457-9681
	CACI, Inc. Federal, 3344 N. Torrey Pines Ct., La Jolla, CA  92037
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