Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!eecae!cps3xx!rang From: rang@cpsin3.cps.msu.edu (Anton Rang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Apple's APDA: G'bye Amateurs & Fans (really defending A.P.P.L.E.) Message-ID: <1728@cps3xx.UUCP> Date: 6 Feb 89 14:18:18 GMT References: <25099@apple.Apple.COM> <860@fornax.UUCP> Sender: usenet@cps3xx.UUCP Reply-To: rang@cpswh.cps.msu.edu (Anton Rang) Organization: Michigan State University, Computer Science Dept. Lines: 28 In-reply-to: mcdonald@fornax.UUCP's message of 1 Feb 89 08:21:27 GMT In article <860@fornax.UUCP> mcdonald@fornax.UUCP (Ken Mcdonald) writes: > [ ... ] >Apple has contiuously and without hesitation messed up everything it has >done concerning APDA. First, they appointed some bozo little operation >working out of a hole-in-the-wall (I know--I've been to the original APDA >shipping centre) as a monopolistic distributor of a bunch of very important >Apple stuff. [ ... ] As a fairly long-term A.P.P.L.E. member, I feel obliged to defend them a bit here. For those of you who don't know, A.P.P.L.E. (the Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange) is one of the oldest Apple users' groups in the country. Their publications--especially the magazine, Call-A.P.P.L.E., and their "Call-A.P.P.L.E. in Depth" series probably did more to make the Apple ][ successful than anything else (including all of Apple's marketing etc.). Admittedly, they didn't have as much experience with Mac's--but then, who did? Anyway, they are NOT "some bozo little operation"-- they're a nice user's group and source of technical info. (Personally, I feel they're slipping a bit downhill lately, but....) This is not intended to be a flame; I just felt like responding. I have no connection with them except as a VERY satisfied member over the last 5 years or so. (Note: A.P.P.L.E. is now known as the TechAlliance.) +---------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+ | Anton Rang (grad student) | "UNIX: Just Say No!" | "Do worry...be SAD!" | | Michigan State University | rang@cpswh.cps.msu.edu | | +---------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+