15.12.2010 16:05 Uhr, Quelle: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Mac Orchard closing down

Drew Saur, founder of The Mac Orchard, confirmed today that he is permanently shutting down his popular applications repository. Those that follow The Mac Orchard may have noticed that Saur stopped updating the website in July. He has decided to extend this hiatus and said his final good-bye today. For the last 15 years, The Mac Orchard website has been a haven for Mac users looking for Internet software. Many Mac users, especially in the early days, would visit The Mac Orchard to download the latest Usenet reader or IRC client, read user reviews, and get Drew's hand picked selections. Over the years, Internet usage has evolved and many of these older network protocols, like NNTP, now have web-based counterparts. The debut and subsequent improvement of Mac OS X also changed application usage patterns. Mac

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