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From: shawn@pnet51.cts.com (Shawn Stanley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Interesting note about the new APDA catalog
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Date: 23 Dec 88 20:25:19 GMT
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kamath@reed.UUCP (Sean Kamath) writes:
>
>You know, I find it amazing that the new APDA is so hot on the // series.
>Seems they really want to support us.
>
>Also interesting, the only advertisement in the entire catalog for anything
>related at all the any of the Apple // series computers was an add for 
>CALL A.P.P.L.E magazine.

True, most of the advertising is devoted to Macintosh products.

>Sean Kamath
>
>I don't know about you, but this *REALLY* *PISSED* *ME* *OFF*.
>I guess there's nothing worth selling for the Apple // series computers.
>Or the advertisers are too smart to advertise in such a bogus catalog.

Ahem.  The APDAlog is full of Apple II software, from both Apple and
third-party suppliers.  There are four pages of Apple Computer, Inc. related
prodcts and two pages of third-party products from such companies as
Byteworks, TML, and Roger Wagner Publishing.

If all you're looking at are the ads that APDA puts in the catalog to support
production costs, then you're missing the point of the catalog.  It's not a
catalog of advertisements, it's a catalog of products available through APDA
at reduced costs, which happens to have other advertisements in it.

If you don't think any of the software listed in the catalog is worthwhile,
then you're looking in the wrong catalog.  After all, it IS the Apple
Programmers and Developers Association.  What did you expect, games?

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