gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu (11/18/87)
And well it should be free. I think that giving free updates to
system software (and cheap ROM upgrades...well...) is very good PR for
Apple, and that they should keep up the good work. It's one of the
things that impressed me enough to purchase their hardware.
Don Gillies {ihnp4!uiucdcs!gillies} U of Illinois
{gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu}dorner@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu.UUCP (11/18/87)
Chuq (a super net contributor, BTW) writes that one of the ways to get the latest Apple system software is: > o get a copy from a friend who did one of the two above, or > from a user group like BMUG. I'd just like to point out that this would violate Apple's licensing agreement. If I download it from GEnie (which I have), I AM NOT ALLOWED to give it to a friend. Now, I doubt apple is going to prosecute me for doing so--I expect it is rather a sop to apple's lawyers and the US copyright laws. But the licensing agreement DOES prohibit it. It is possible (and likely) that apple will explicitly license user groups to redistribute, but not individuals. This is not a flame. Just a long sigh. ---- Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office Internet: dorner@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu UUCP: ihnp4!uiucuxc!dorner IfUMust: (217) 333-3339
dorner@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (11/22/87)
> Why, oh why, can't Apple sell mail order? What's the big deal? Most of > us buy every single piece of Mac software through the mail... except for > System software. Anyone care to explain? Apple wants to keeps its dealers happy, that's why. They are trying to give the dealers income, to give them incentive to carry the upgrades and hand them out to customers. Unfortunately, both the apple dealerships we have in town don't deserve this kind of support from apple or me, and I make it a point to get new system software somewhere else. > Steve Baumgarten | "New York... when civilization falls apart, > Davis Polk & Wardwell | remember, we were way ahead of you." > ...!seismo!cmcl2!esquire!sbb | - David Letterman ---- Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office Internet: dorner@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu UUCP: ihnp4!uiucuxc!dorner IfUMust: (217) 333-3339