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From: mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: develop, Dynamo, and life in general
Message-ID: <38644@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 14 Feb 90 19:45:46 GMT
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In article <-533173123@cpl-mfh.UUCP> martya@cpl-mfh.UUCP (Marty Adelman) writes:
>
>If Apple really wanted to support people then they would make develop
>available with diskette, cd-rom, or just as a magazine and you could pay
>for what you wanted.  Now I have to pay for a CD-Rom disk that I can't use 
>and have no desire to or else I can fork over some more money to APDA for the
>floppies.  The other magazines I mentioned have these types of options.
>

You are not paying for the CD-ROM in essence in the subscription.  The cost
of the CD-ROM is so minimal (less expensive than diskettes) that the
subscription price really wouldn't change...its just an extra that you get
with the subscription.

We don't want people to have to order this stuff through APDA since you've
already basically paid for it in a subscription.  If you don't have a CD-ROM
drive, then hopefully you have access to an electronic network like AppleLink
or the Internet.  We WILL be making these articles and code available in
electronic format through these avenues; however, it will not be in the
same form as on the CD-ROM (indexed, etc.).  Just have a little patience
and you will see these showing up on Apple.com and AppleLink real soon now.

Hope this helps answer your question about the logic behind it all.  Again
I will stress that Apple is really pushing CD-ROM and there will be things
coming out in the future that may only be available in CD-ROM format and
not diskettes.  If you are an Apple developer, it is to your benefit to
invest in CD-ROM technology.  If you are an Apple Partner or Associate,
you also have the opportunity to purchase Apple's drive at a highly
discounted price.


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