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From: kadickey@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kent Andrew Dickey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Beagle Policy (was Re: Beagle Scam)
Message-ID: <12055@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 8 Dec 89 18:56:33 GMT
References: <13940.chatter.infoapple@pro-beagle>
Reply-To: kadickey@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kent Andrew Dickey)
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In article <13940.chatter.infoapple@pro-beagle> mmunz@pro-beagle.cts.COM (Mark Munz) writes:
>Beagle didn't want to do this, so it was decided to allow people to 
>download the software. That way, Beagle wouldn't start losing money on
>the disks.  They also decided that folks could freely GIVE away copies
>of the software (provided the appropriate Copyright information is still
>highly visible) to their friends to help spread it around.
>Hmm, now folks want Beagle to spend money so they can get the software
>for $5 bucks or whatever.  Is there something wrong with this picture?
>
>You bet! Most folks have shown that if you GIVE them anything, they
>want to TAKE as much as you can. It's sickening!! These folks have 
>clearly shown other companies that this is not the way to go!
>
>I would like to thank those people for all the hell they've caused.
>You've taken what I truly believe was a good thing from Beagle and
>twisting it beyond belief.  Anyone want to take bets on how many
>companies are going to try something like this?  (I'm betting ZERO!!)
>
>--Mark Munz

I hope Beagle Bros don't feel this way.  People must always keep in mind
that the net users are *NOT* representative of the Apple // community as
a whole.  Most Apple users don't have instant access to thousands of
sites across the country at basically no cost.  So, asking them to spend
even a few dollars for a phone call is really putting these people out.
:-)

Also, remember that the vocal minority is often the complete opposite of
the majority's opinion.  I'm sure most of the rest of us are in total
agreement with Beagle's position, and are glad that companies like
Beagle still operate in the Apple // community (and hope that these
obnoxious and ingratious people don't influence Beagle's opinion of the
Apple // market).

			Kent Dickey
kadickey@phoenix.Princeton.EDU