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From: rusbara2@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bob Rusbasan)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: v08i116: ozshare1, shareware utils (part 01/10)
Keywords: Shareware
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Date: 16 Oct 90 04:14:56 GMT
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Reply-To: rusbara2@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bob Rusbasan)
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Shareware $20.   |  I'm sorry, but this is absolutely insane.  What you
Shareware $30.   |  have here is a collection of small utilities 
Shareware $20.   |  comparable to, say, those found in Norton or 
Shareware $30.   |  PC Tools.  I know they are different, but I think
Shareware $20.   |  its more than fair to say if you judge them by what they
Shareware $20.   |  claim to do they are of comparable value.
Shareware.       |
Shareware, $20.  |  The price?  $250!!!!  How's that for the "shareware
Shareware $20.   |  advantage?  Oh, and by the way, I didn't include the
Shareware $20.   |  ones where Bill didn't indicate the price.  Seeing
Shareware.       |  that they are also labeled shareware (therefore
Shareware.       |  not free by definition) it's a good bet they are,
Shareware $30.   |  like the rest, $20 or more each.
Shareware.       |
Shareware $20.   |  That would bring the price up to *at least* $370!!
Shareware.       |
Shareware.       |  Anyone out there objecting to the word "insane?"
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I download the alarm program before, and it said you had to pay $50 for
company use.  So if these programs have the same "deal" you could pay
well over five hundred dollars for them if you had a business and wanted
to register them.

If you by a utilites package, you get a nice package, full documentation,
disks, etc.  Even using the verified price of "just" $250, this is crazy!

The author seemed to not be fond of the idea of packaging these together.
Maybe this is why.  Does he really expect people to pay these prices?

Sheesh.

(Note:  I don't mean anyone of this against Bill.  When I discovered
this group it had no moderator, so he's the first one I've seen, and
I think he's done a great job so far.)

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Bob Rusbasan
bob@en.ecn.purdue.edu