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From: milo@ndmath.UUCP (Greg Corson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: CD's available from Apple?
Message-ID: <1384@ndmath.UUCP>
Date: 17 May 89 14:58:05 GMT
Organization: Math. Dept., Univ. of Notre Dame
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I recently got a newsletter from Apple that talked about a couple of 
developer-oriented CD's that will soon be available from Apple.  The 
descriptions were pretty brief but one of the CD's was said to be full
of "development tools" and "sample code" that would be updated every few
months.

This sounds like a smart move to me...particularly if MPW and all the INSIDE
MAC chapters and technotes are on the CD.  Does anybody out there know
what is ACTUALLY on these CD's and how much they will cost?

Personally, I think it would save Apple a ton of money to just send out all
the technotes, Inside Mac chapters, samples...etc on a CD every other month.
They would save a ton of money on postage and printing, I'l wager the average
pack of Technotes costs MUCH more to produce on paper than the $3 it would 
cost to make a CD.

Sure...I would have to by a CD-reader...but heck, by the time I buy all the
volumes of Inside Macintosh, the technotes and other materials, I've spent 
close to the price of a CD-reader anyway!  Particularly when you count all
the wasted time hunting through the volumes of IM and the technotes.

Please Apple...get with it!  You've been telling us for years how hypertext,
CD's, multimedia...etc are going to make our lives easier...how about a
sample?  The Mac remains one of the easiest computers to USE, but it is one
of the HARDEST to program...and not having consolidated programmers 
documentation is one of the biggest reasons for this.

Greg Corson
19141 Summers Drive
South Bend, IN 46637
(219) 277-5306 
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