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From: carlile@trwrba.UUCP (Donald E. Carlile)
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Subject: Re: Why not just the ROMs? (Re: Mac+ Upgrade query)
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Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 13:59:04 EST
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[Take this line eater]

Bart Massey writes
>Why did Apple quit bundling MacWrite and MacPaint with Macs?  If it's
>considered worthless software by them, they should be able to afford to
>bundle it.  If it isn't, I guess they just decided they couldn't afford
>to do us any more favors...

My sense is that Apple wanted to do a favor to developers, and maybe to the
rest of us.  After all, with everyone getting a word processor for free, why
would any developer want to write one?  Maybe we'll see a few other word
processors from this.  Also, there are already two new Paint like programs.

I think those are the reasons.  BTW, this announcement was VERY well received
at the developers conference in January.

Don Carlile
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