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From: lwv@n8emr.UUCP (Larry W. Virden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: APDA out of business
Message-ID: <684@n8emr.UUCP>
Date: 8 Nov 88 16:32:10 GMT
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Reply-To: lwv@n8emr.UUCP (Larry W. Virden)
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From what I understand of the situation - and I havent gotten
my newsletter yet, Apple has been talking to APDA for many months about
buying a portion of the organization that APDA had set up - Apple
at one time had a very poor, if non existent, distribution mechinism
set up - and NOTHING to distribute software to non-certified programmers
other than dealers.  APDA changed all that, and showed Apple that there
was quite a few people who wanted software quickly - so of course Apple
wanted
to get the business back.

APDA had no idea if Apple would indeed come thru with a reasonable offer;
thus, they had to continue business as usual.  Rumors now indicate that
at least part of that business that APDA was doing is going to be going
back to Apple; there is no indication that ALL of it will be.  And, if
Apple continues its rumored course, non-certified people will still have
to go thru APDA.  Thus, all of this uproar may be for nothing; the only
benefits that many of us will see is that a few less people will be
competing for our access to APDA.

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