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Some Interesting News

Roger Wagner:  well known to most of us as owner of Southwestern Data Systems, author of "Assembly Lines:  The Book", author of several popular programs in early Apple days, speaker at AppleFests, and so forth.  Roger is branching out.

Last month he incorporated and changed the name of SDS to Roger Wagner Publishing.  Along with the name change, the product packaging has been changed.  After a poll of dealers, they decided to replace the plush padded binders with a new package design which allows customers to browse through the manuals, while the diskette and other package contents are securely kept intact.  No more shrink wrap!  Simpler packaging is less expensive, so the prices of some products have been lowered.  And one step further, even more significant:  no more copy protection!

We applaud Roger for taking this step.  As I remember it, Roger was one of the first publishers to use any kind of software protection, back in the 70's.  His scheme included a program on the master disk which allowed you to make a limited number of back up copies.  Now Roger joins us and a handful of other publishers who refuse to shackle users with protected software.

Roger has also joined forces with Val Golding (founder and long-time editor of Call-A.P.P.L.E.) to form Emerald City Publishing, Inc.  Their first project is "The Apple's Apprentice", a magazine aimed at Apple-teens.
