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From: kleef@cs.vu.nl (Patrick van Kleef)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Hypercard - How About New Mac Owner
Message-ID: <1095@ark.cs.vu.nl>
Date: Fri, 21-Aug-87 06:08:44 EDT
Article-I.D.: ark.1095
Posted: Fri Aug 21 06:08:44 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 22-Aug-87 19:39:04 EDT
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Reply-To: kleef@cs.vu.nl (Patrick van Kleef)
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In article <174400045@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu> dorner@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>Why is Apple charging the $50 in the first place?  I can't imagine they
>are going to make lots of money from it.  It's far more than distribution
>cost.  Is it to give dealerships a profit on the thing?  Or is it to give
>an incentive to people to buy macs (they're getting something for free)?
>It sure isn't good PR--rightly or wrongly, most of us have come to expect
>to get operating system upgrades from Apple for free, and having to pay
>for this one hurts a little.
>
>And will these things be posted on the BBS?  If not, what happens when
>Multifinder 1.1 comes out?  Another $50?


You obviouxly know what the distribution costs are, for a package like
HyperCard... C'mon grow up. The $49 barely covers the expenses of
disk- and bookreproduction. Never mind 2 or 3 years labour to
make HyperCard.

And may I call it silly that you describe HyperCard as an OS?


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