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Bits and Pieces

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...................................By Dorman Bullard

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By the way, I cannot help commenting that both of the PC products rated higher than the Mac products in "Ease of Use" and "Ease of Learning."  I  find that shocking, and though my knowledge of any of the products is very slight indeed, I don't doubt it at all.  Since the Mac is suppose to be "the Computer for the rest of us" that is another reason for Macintosh developers to  wake up.  A third reason is that if Apple senses its developers are not moving along, it may 
well decide it needs to do some moving 
itself, perhaps through Claris.

Genie Bulletin Board System Changes 
Billing
GEnie has made a major change in billing 
which will make it less expensive for 
many current users and which could 
attract new users.  Starting 1 October 1990 
there will be a flat rate of $4.95 which will 

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allow access to many services at no 
additional charge.  That is, there will be no 
connect time charged for access to any of 
these: "Star" service areas.  The $4.95 
however will be a minimum monthly 
charge.  Another change is that the 2400 
Baud rate for other areas for which there 
are hourly rates will be reduced from 
$10.00 to $6.00 per hour. The "free" areas are not just a few specialized areas.  They include some 90 different areas, for some of which there is currently not only the normal hourly connect-time rate, but there is also a  surcharge.  In addition to the GEnie administration area, some of the
 "free" areas are Grolier's Encyclopedia, 8 
different news areas, the Easy Sabre travel 
section, a host of 
online shopping 
centers,