Re: Wanted: Appleworks 5.1

["Terry & Utahna" <tolsen64@hotmail.com>]

Ok, who is the legal owner of AW 5.1 and where can it be purchased???


"A2MG" <a2mg@aol.comNomail> wrote in message
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> >(A.P.P.L.E. Webmaster)
>
> Your e-mail asked me to reply if I was interested in your helping to
preserve
> the [my]
> resource for the Apple II community.  I was not interested  in that, so
(as you
> requested) I didn't reply. [No offense, but you didn't even sign your
name.]
>
> TEXAS II  newsletters, disks, and patches for AppleWorks 3.0 to 5.1 for
the
> Apple II are still available for sale directly from me. My patches and bug
> fixes are not public domain.
>
> >Many of us still have our legal copies and would like to have access
> >to the fixes and patches.
>
> As I said, they are available for sale, just as they have been (onging)
for the
> last 12 years. Please inquire. I would be happy to help you.
>
> On the other matter [updating legal owners of AppleWorks]:
>
> Please note that AppleWorks 5.1 itself is not my product. Other than
signing
> non-disclosure agreements for beta testing from 1988-1995, I have no
connection
> with the publisher, and I have no obligation to provide this product to
anyone.
> It is not for me to say who would "take over the service."
>
> >I find it hard to fathom that one person's
> >complaint led to your ceasation of service.
>
> This was the policy, stated in writing at the beginning of that particular
> undertaking [updating legal owners]. Perhaps those who sit back, laugh at,
and
> criticize those who volunteer their time and expertise for the good of the
> group should think carefully before speaking. It all adds up,
unfortunately.
>
> On the other hand, perhaps he was right. ;-)
> Beverly Cadieux
> TEXAS II an international newsletter for users of AppleWorks(R) 5.1
>