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From: chuq@plaid.Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Does the non-developer have to BUY Multifinder?
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Date: Mon, 16-Nov-87 19:32:46 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 16 19:32:46 1987
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>After talking to my rather uninformed dealer, they told me that the System
>Update 5.0 (including Multifinder, System 4.2, Finder 6.0 [I think that's
>all correct])  IS NOT A FREEBEE.

Um, it's been discussed on this group for weeks. It's been in all the
magazines. This has been policy for a good while. Haven't you bee listening?

You have a bunch of choices:

	o spend $49 for the software distribution & manual from apple.
	o Download it from a timesharing service
	o get a copy from a friend who did one of the two above, or
		from a user group like BMUG.
	o do without.

>Apple, is this correct?  Why why why?  If you're trying to tell me $50
>offsets costs of the manual...distribution costs...and no doubt some for
>the most uninformed dealers I've ever spoken to, then I guess I'll just
>have to resort to (I can't believe I'm saying this) PIRATING the system
>software for my Mac.  :-)

We've gone through it before. I won't re-iterate it. $50 is cheap for a good
manual and four disks (and the associated corporate overhead that goes with
them). They are also available through alternative channels cheaper ($8 for
the four disks from BMUG, for instance). Considering the hassles I've had
(and the ahssles I've heard from others as well) trying to get 'free'
upgrades from Apple dealers, I'm THRILLED to see Apple formalizing the
distribution a bit. Especially since they didn't cut off the other
distribution channels and force folks to spend money. 

so please quit yelling. you're making a spectacle of yourself...

chuq
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Chuq "Fixed in 4.0" Von Rospach			chuq@sun.COM	Delphi: CHUQ