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From: drc@dbase.UUCP (Dennis Cohen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Does the non-developer have to BUY Multifinder?
Message-ID: <267@dbase.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Nov-87 09:10:49 EST
Article-I.D.: dbase.267
Posted: Wed Nov 18 09:10:49 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 21-Nov-87 12:15:18 EST
References: <577@umbc3.UMD.EDU>
Organization: Ashton Tate Development Center Glendale Cal.
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Keywords: pay for version 1.0?
Summary: No need to pirate

In article <577@umbc3.UMD.EDU>, chris@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Chris Schanzle) writes:
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.  :-)
> 
> Ridiculous.

I'm not Apple, but there is no need to pirate it; however, if you want the bound
documentation, etc. you'll need to pay for it.  It is available for download
from the major services (Compu$erve and GEnie, at least) according to various
announcements which I have seen there, but it is four disks full of stuff, but
the documentation.  I think your download costs will greatly exceed the $50.
Documentation, distribution costs, etc do mount into money.  The uninformed
dealers are a fact of life for all systems.  I thought that some dealers I
encountered were incredibly uninformed about the Macs they were carrying until
I spoke to them about the ATs they also carried--even worse!!!

Pretty soon you will be buying software packages off the shelf with the new
System, Finder, MultiFinder, etc on the disk, so why sweat it?

Dennis Cohen
Ashton-Tate Glendale Development Center
dBASE Mac Development Team
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