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From: GWO110%URIACC.BITNET@brownvm.brown.edu (F. Michael Theilig)
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Subject: Re: An issue for the entire Amiga Community.
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Date: 5 Jun 90 05:01:41 GMT
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     I'd quote previous notes, but nobody wants to see 1000 lines of text.
 Rick, I appreciate where you are coming from.  I was looking at "almost
 commercial grade" software and wishing they were completed.  The auther
 hasn't plans for speedy enhancements, as he isn't really being paid.

     The $40 I quoted may be small, but I was referencing it to getting
 nothing for the same product.  I didn't conciter phone support and
 advertisement.

     Some of these products (PCQ, ZC, DNet, and many others) could be sold
 commercially if the author had time to debug it better, and proper
 docs were produced.  Right now they are competing with better quality,
 better supported products.  Competing because that are free (or nearly so).
 Actually, I don't think anyone has anything like DNet available commercially,
 but that's besides the point.

     A small publisher could concievably market various products for a good
 price, and give the author a piece of the action.  Vendors would not be
 competing with a free product, programmers will be compensated for their
 work, and a better product will be available.

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      F. Michael Theilig  -  The University of Rhode Island at Little Rest
                            GWO110 at URIACC.Bitnet
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