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From: bsherman@pro-exchange.cts.com (Bob Sherman)
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Subject: Re: A Shrinkit(tm) reply..
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Date: 26 Oct 89 07:42:15 GMT
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Comment to message from: gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!tank!eecae!netnews.upenn.edu!vax1.cc.lehigh.edu!vlsi3b15!batman!nicholaA@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Andy Nicholas)

Having recently met Andy at an Applefest party in San Francisco, and then
taking him on a hair raising cable car ride (his first I think), let me
assure his critics that he is anything but "snooty" or "stuck-up".. He 
is down to earth "good people". He is also an Apple II advocate (we need more
of them), and from the software I have seen of his, a darned good programmer.

I think we should be willing to help and encourage folks like Andy, not drag
them down and through the wringer. The writers of all of the Apple Doomsday
rumors and complaints have chased many of the Apple II software developers
away from the II, let's try to keep those that we still have. We need them and
their software support for our machines...

Some folks have already caused Andy to cancel his plans to sell the GS version
of ShrinkIt, and any plans he might have had to pay some of the expenses he
has for his senior year of school from the expected (and deserved) procedes,
and Andy has already said he does not like the shareware concept, so where
does this leave him ???? 

Perhaps he should coin a new phrase "Donationware" for his new program, and
let us send him whatever we feel the program is worth to us, if we wish to
make a donation, and if you don't wish to, so be it.. I know I will be one of
the first in line with checkbook in hand when I get the GS version...

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