Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osu-cis!killer!pollux!tilde!m2!holland From: holland@m2.csc.ti.com (Fred Hollander) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Apple's APDA: G'bye Amateurs & Fans Message-ID: <68919@tilde.csc.ti.com> Date: 2 Feb 89 16:33:13 GMT References: <15740@mimsy.UUCP> <19791@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <25145@apple.Apple.COM> <19866@coherent.com> Sender: news@tilde.csc.ti.com Reply-To: holland@m2.UUCP (Fred Hollander) Organization: TI Computer Science Center, Dallas Lines: 32 In article <19866@coherent.com> dplatt@improper.coherent.com (Dave Platt) writ: >In article <25145@apple.Apple.COM> mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark Johnson) writes: >> In article <19791@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Bob Heiney writes: >> > >> >I'm very disturbed by the seeming greed of Apple with APDA products. >> >> If you too feel this way, don't post it to the net, but rather send it to >> the people who set the prices who don't read the net. Address flames to: >> >> APDA@APPLELINK.APPLE.COM > >Agreed... but I suggest that non-email letters might be taken more >seriously. > >Here's my advice to those that want to be heard: write a letter to Sue >Espinosa... she's probably not the person setting the APDA prices and >policies, but she's the Director of Apple Developer Channels. Do *not* >flame in torrents of emotion... it'll devalue your letter. Instead, ... >writing style and knowledge that you're someone that Apple should be >supporting, rather than soaking. If you have marketed software products >for the Mac, or are preparing to do so, say so. If you're unwilling to I just wanted to add that you should include all software, including public domain, as they all make the Macintosh a "better place to be". Fred Hollander Computer Science Center Texas Instruments, Inc. holland%ti-csl@csnet-rela The above statements are my own and not representative of Texas Instruments.