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
