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From: abh0@GTE.COM (Andrew Hudson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Phil & Dave, where are you?  All is forgiven: come home!
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Date: 8 Feb 90 18:59:05 GMT
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In article <1990Feb7.234134.5010@Neon.Stanford.EDU< philip@pescadero.stanford.edu writes:
<In article <38426@apple.Apple.COM>, mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson)
<writes:
<
<I've never been able to understand this APDA thing. Why doesn't Apple
<distribute development software through regular stores (OK, as well as
<through APDA, if there are a lot of products that wouldn't sell in
<sufficient volume to be carried by a retailer). And, for that matter,
<why restrict certain products to various categories of certified
<developers? Who REALLY gains from all this?
<
<Philip Machanick
<philip@pescadero.stanford.edu

I think this has to do with Apple's Cult as Information Transfer model.
This is discussed in The Macintosh Way by Kawasaki.

- Andrew Hudson