http://www.macnn.com/articles/03/04/16/resellers.settle/
Resellers settle disputes, resign with Apple
updated 02:45 pm EDT, Wed April 16, 2003
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After earlier balking at a new contract, several of Apple's to continue selling Apple gear, according to c|net: "Among the holdouts that have reached a pact with Apple are Dell Computer and regional computer sellers Fry’s Electronics and Micro Center...a Dell representative [also] confirmed that the Apple music players should be available again shortly."
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Lesson:don't jump the gu
Even the rumor sites correctly noted that reseller disagreements are common, and that there is potential to resolve them. That didn't stop so many news sources and people in the Mac community from reacting strongly to this story before the story was over. I hope a good lesson is learned from this.