[comp.sys.mac.programmer] 7.0 Pricing

moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) (09/22/89)

In article <5222@merlin.usc.edu> malczews@girtab.usc.edu (Frank Malczewski) writes:
>In article <31802@srcsip.UUCP> mnkonar@src.honeywell.com (Murat N. Konar) writes:
>>The phrase "pricing and availability" from the press
>>release about the Apple/Microsoft technology agreement
>>sent a shiver up my spine.
>>
>>Apple is going to start charging extra for their
>>system software, aren't they?
>>
>>Say it ain't so, Joe. PLEASE!  :(  :(  :(  :(
>
>When 7.0 was announced, I recall seeing a phrase with the word "nominal" in it;
>it had to do with pricing.  That sent a shiver or two up my spine at the time...

Sure they're not talking about the usual System Software package that Apple
sells for ~$50, that has the system software *and* manuals?  I've almost
always skipped this and just gotten copies of the system software; the
manuals aren't that handy.

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