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From: dcw@athena.mit.edu (David C. Whitney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: re: RE: Piracy
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Date: 23 May 89 17:45:45 GMT
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In article <8905211959.AA07191@crash.cts.com> pnet01!pro-nsfmat!pro-europa!samt@nosc.mil writes:
>Network Comment: to #2679 by pnet01!crash!cornellc.cit.cornell.edu!STEVENS%SENECA.BITNET
>
>How would it be if the next time you went to the bookstore and purchased a
>$250 book, then took it home, opened it up and started looking at it, found
>that it was missing several pages, had several pages with messed up printing,
>etc.  Then when you called the publisher, they said that you had the first
>edition and it had a few bugs; if you would send them the cover and $50 they
>would send you the second edition which would fix a few of the problems, some
>of the other problems won't be fixed until a future edition.  

How about two $30 books titled "Apple //GS Toolbox Reference", vols 1
& 2? The first release was buggy, and they fixed some and reprinted.
If you happened to buy a copy of the first release, well tough. Shell
another $30 to get the new copy (or $60 to get them both). Now, they
send bug fixes to APDA, and you can get cheap unbound xeroxes for $15
or something.

This should not have happened. Something like a programmer's ref
(which was in beta test through APDA for some time) should go to
quality press *without bugs.* It annoys me when I have to shell out
money for bug fixes. I don't mind a hoot to pay for real upgrades, but
publisher's mistakes should be taken up by the publisher - not the
poor dope who bought it too early.

Dave Whitney	A junior in Computer Science at MIT
dcw@athena.mit.edu  ...!bloom-beacon!athena.mit.edu!dcw  dcw@goldilocks.mit.edu
I wrote Z-Link & BinSCII. Send me bug reports. I use a //GS. Send me Tech Info.
"This is MIT. Collect and 3rd party calls will not be accepted at this number."