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From: cyliao@eng.umd.edu (Chun-Yao Liao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: develop, Dynamo, and life in general
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Date: 17 Feb 90 06:04:56 GMT
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In article <22132@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> fadden@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Andy McFadden) writes:
>What percentage of developers own a CD-ROM?  Ya wanna do something inexpensive?
>Send out a CD and a 5.25" disk.  The old floppies are inexpensive and almost
>all Apple // owners have them.  And they cost almost nothing to mail.  The
>amount of Apple // stuff in the magazine would fit on one, too :-| .
	
	Well, I doubt that MOST developers own a CD-ROM. According to my room-
	mate who is also an Apple's developer, that developers get all kind of
	Apple hardware or software in less than half of the street price...
	and they don't really do anything for the company... (as far as my
	roommate said, that he's almost doing nothing for them except getting
	good deal on hardware)
>
>How incredibly stupid.  I'm sorry, but that's the way it looks from the eyes
>of a college student who can't afford a CD player for music, much less for
>a machine.
>
	Guess Apple forgot the difficulty NeXT had to distribuite their soft
	ware...

>
>>                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.
>
>Anyone who can afford to be a Partner or Associate doesn't *need* a discounted
>price... :-(
>
>>Mark B. Johnson                                            AppleLink: mjohnson
	well, even with half of the price, how many developers there can afford
	ALL complete system?
>
>I guess if you want to go after IBM's markets, you have to play like IBM.
>Congratulations, Apple.
>You're just like IBM.
>I'd be delighted to be proven wrong.  But SHOW me, don't tell me.

	I also got the feeling that Apple become IBM style company (who make
	bulky products and force customers to pay high price because of the
	IBM three letters on the front panel of the machine) while IBM is
	learning to become the old time Apple Comp. Inc.

>DISCLAIMER: Any flame-like material isn't directed at Apple II DTS; I know
>they're trying to help.  It's directed at Macintosh, Inc. as a (failing)
>business.
>-- 
>fadden@cory.berkeley.edu (Andy McFadden)
>...!ucbvax!cory!fadden

	here goes mine


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