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From: forbes@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Jeff Forbes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: STE DMA sound (documentation posted)
Message-ID: <1990Mar4.060034.28571@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 4 Mar 90 06:00:34 GMT
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In article <37824@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> kclenden@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Kevin Clendenien) writes:
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>FREE?????  I think not Mr. Covert.  Why do you think that Apple 
>computers with similar options to Atari computers cost about
>twice as much?  One reason is because Apple is committed to
>providing information about those computers.  Of course they
>have to pay someone to do that, so they just charge more
>up front to cover the cost later.  The information you're
>getting is not free, but only appears to be free.
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>kclenden@silver.bacs.indiana.edu                          Kevin Clendenien
>BLoomington Atari ST users group                          BLAST, President
>BLAST BBS - (812) 332-0573                                FNET node #141

Apple advertises a great deal more than Atari. I saw one report that 40% of
Apple's income goes to advertising. Not a trivial amount.

	Jeff