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From: mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Hey APDA!  Where are my %$#&*@ tech notes?
Keywords: APDA Tech Notes Missing
Message-ID: <28394@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 5 Apr 89 00:51:23 GMT
References: <7659@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <8119@chinet.chi.il.us>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <8119@chinet.chi.il.us> henry@chinet.chi.il.us (Henry C. Schmitt) writes:
>In article <7659@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> eacj@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Julian Vrieslander) writes:
>>I am signed on to automatically receive Tech Notes from APDA, but I have
>>yet to receive the November 88 release.  Has anyone else gotten them?  I
>>believe that these notes were distributed to the electronic networks
>>months ago, but I figured that obtaining them from APDA would save me the
>>trouble of downloading and printing them.  Wrong.
>
>I haven't received all of the 1988 Tech Notes either!  I called the
>old APDA in January and they said "Apple never sent them to us!"
>Then I called Apple APDA, they say "About half the people didn't get
>them.  It won't happen again."  So I ordered the 1989 Tech Notes.
>
>Have I received the Feb. 1989 Tech Notes?  Ha!  I wish!  I think
>Apple better get on the ball an get those Tech Notes out to us. 
>Obviously they don't care too much for the folks who don't shell out
>the $600 to become an "Apple Partner" or whatever.
>
>Hey Apple are you listening??  How about throwing in the Revised
>Tech Notes from March 1988 as well to make up for the problems
>you've caused?  By the way my APDA id. is 41134.  Get with it!!

Whoa boy.  Apple does care, and the Notes were passed from my hands to the
product manager then who knows where a long time ago.  I just spoke with the
product manager (as I gave him the April 1989 Notes and Tech Note Stack)
and he is trying to change the duplication process to streamline it and 
get the time down to something reasonable.  There are some people working
on it, but if you really want your complaints to be heard (and I would if
I were shelling out that kind of money to APDA for my Notes) contact APDA
directly and let them know.
 


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