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From: mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Phil & Dave, where are you?  All is forgiven: come home!
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Date: 12 Feb 90 18:57:16 GMT
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In article <10159@hoptoad.uucp> tim@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney) writes:
>
>Actually, I want to wait for the last-minute rush, because then the
>prices will be less ridiculous.  I'm not about to pay even the
>factor-of-five inflated "discount" price at this point; if I do, then
>I'll be kicking myself left and right in a year or two when the players
>only cost one or two hundred dollars.
>
No one is forcing you to purchase an Apple-labeled CD-ROM drive.  There
are lots of less expensive third-party drives on the market and you are
free to purchase those if you think the Apple CD-ROM drive is overpriced.
(I'll refrain from voicing my opinion on this matter of price.)

All I am stating is that Apple is very committed to CD-ROM, and developers
who want to stay current with Apple tools and information would benefit
greatly from having a CD-ROM player.  In some cases, those without
CD-ROM players could be excluded or forced to pay expensive diskette
shipping or AppleLink download prices. (I'll also refrain from voicing
my opinion about pricing of these two services.)

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