Update: We’ve gotten ahold of the EOL notice, above.
Apple is telling its educational resellers not to expect any more packaged software in the future, ZDNet reports. This includes boxed copies of Mac OS X, iLife, iWork, Apple Remote Desktop and Aperture. Each of these programs has been available on the Mac App Store for months. The news came in an email Apple sent to educational resellers and included just one exception:
Apple’s been moving from software distributed on physical media towards the digital-only model. As a result, Apple’s own Mac software found on the Mac App Store is significantly cheaper than the physical boxes because the company doesn’t have to pay for the manuals, the boxes, printing, handling and shipping fees and the back-end system supporting these traditional means of distribution.
