20 Jul 94, Peter Hansen writes to Jon Guthrie:

 >> About a year ago, they got REAL quiet about distributing it as a
 >> single issue. My understanding was that it was unavailable without a
 >> subscription.  Your listing of the single-issue price was news to ME!

 > Unless I miss my guess, it hasn't even been *out* for a year.  Whatever
 > they said a year ago was clearly before implementation and they
 > certainly do sell it single-issue, quite willingly.

I'm holding on my lap a CDROM that is labeled "PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPER'S KIT
beta version" and is dated 11/92.  As far as I know, it was the second
of the CDROMs to be produced, the first being released in (I believe)
August of 1992.

Now, this CDROM was for the "fake" DAP (Developer's Assistance
Program.)  I call it "fake" because it was primarily targeted at
people who weren't then actively involved in OS/2 development.  I
understand there is another DAP (targeted at serious developers) that was
around considerably before August of 1992.  The $15 per disk charge sure
got a bunch of people interested in OS/2 programming.

In any case, I have no direct knowledge of whether or not they now sell DAP
CDROMs in single issue, but they sure never advertised that fact in
anything I remember seeing.  The emphasis was on the subscriptions.

- Jon

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