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Date:      Thu, 4 Dec 1997 17:07:59 -0600
From:      Karl Denninger  <karl@mcs.net>
To:        John Kelly <jak@cetlink.net>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, toasty@home.dragondata.com, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 3.0 -release ?
Message-ID:  <19971204170759.15538@mcs.net>
In-Reply-To: <348839a9.79109795@mail.cetlink.net>; from John Kelly on Thu, Dec 04, 1997 at 11:17:09PM %2B0000
References:  <199712042148.OAA00918@usr02.primenet.com> <348839a9.79109795@mail.cetlink.net>

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On Thu, Dec 04, 1997 at 11:17:09PM +0000, John Kelly wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Dec 1997 21:48:54 +0000 (GMT), Terry Lambert
> <tlambert@primenet.com> wrote:
> 
> >> Why is it a shame to lose users who don't pay anything for the
> >> software in the first place?
> >
> >Because of the economics of porting decisions made by commercial
> >software companies, for one.
> 
> But if they won't pay anything for the OS how much will they pay for
> some app ported by a commercial vendor?
> 
> John

Nonsense.  I'll pay what the application is worth, which, if its something
I need, might be real money indeed.

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