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From: tomr@ashtate (Tom Rombouts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: the $25 Network
Keywords: network "it works"
Message-ID: <1058@ashton.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jul 90 19:06:40 GMT
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Reply-To: tomr@ashton.UUCP (Tom Rombouts)
Organization: Ashton-Tate, Torrance, CA
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>> In article <1290@fylz.UUCP> fyl@fylz.UUCP (Phil Hughes) writes:
>> Some time ago I saw this product called "The $25 Network".
>> [...]
>> probably worth at least $150, but the author insists on selling it
>> at $25.

Trivial aside:  The husband and wife team that developed "The $25 Network"
wrote a very entertaining history about how they developed it which 
appeared in Micro Cornicopia about one year ago.  Although Micro C is
no longer with us, anyone who dreams of starting their own garage software
company would do well to track down that piece first.

Regarding the $25 price, they had a quote that went roughly:
"Everyone keeps telling us we can't make any money selling software
for $25.  As soon as someone proves that to us, we'll be happy to
give all the money back."  (Or something to that effect.)

Tom Rombouts  Torrance Techie  tomr@ashtate.A-T.com  V: (213) 538-7108