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From: oliver@thelink.UUCP (Joel Sumner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: System Disk
Keywords: MAC,FINDER,Apple IIgs,GS
Message-ID: <165@thelink.UUCP>
Date: 9 Sep 88 21:35:31 GMT
Organization: TheLink-Public Access Unix, South Bend, IN.
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!crash!pro-exchange!rich writes...
>Doug Gwyn, in response to the following:
>
>>If not, then why?  What's the big deal.  Aren't we entitled to the most
>>current version of the System Disk for our own Apple Computer?
>
>  -- writes:
>
>>You're entitled to what you pay for, not to free maintenance and
>>support into the indefinite future.  I don't think $18 is much
>>at all for an entire new release of an operating system.

>Thanks, Doug... somebody needed to say that again!  Too many people think
>that after they've gotten their system (for the lowest possible price),
>they are _entitled_ to perpetual free service, support, and software
upgrades!

Yes, you may be right but I must disagree with you on one point... I have
heard continuous stories about how bugs have popped up in the IIgs Tools.. 
If indeed the System Disk 3.2 does contain toolset fixes, it should be freely
distributed along with all of the other toolsets that are supposed to come
with the computer.. Now if they want to package new versions of ProDos and
the Finder with it, that is fine.. I see no really reason why Apple should be
obligated to give us that.. (I hate to use this comparison but I will)..
MS-DOS upgrades are hardly free so we should consider ourselves lucky to get
updates like that...

	Now.. There is one bit of history that I may have just  misunderstood
but if I recall, a national magazine (A+ I think) said 'If you want the most
recent version of the MAC Finder, just take a blank disk to a computer store
and get it from them' [not verbatim.. just the general idea of it].. Now that
the Mac System is up to version 6.2 or whatever.. Are they still giving all
of those free updates? Did they ever? If so, I think this is another one of
those 'Apple only Cares about the MAC' flames.. If I am wrong, please inform
me (not flame me).
  

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