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From: rhys@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au (Rhys Weatherley)
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Subject: Re: v08i116: ozshare1, shareware utils (part 01/10)
Keywords: Overpriced Shareware
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Date: 16 Oct 90 21:44:31 GMT
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dsims@uceng.UC.EDU (david l sims) writes:

>c.b.i.p.d (pronounced "C-Bipped" :-) is a public forum, am I not right?
>Then certainly we can't say "no software over US $X". Like someone said,
>it's a free market....

Well, at least some guidelines for author's which says what a REASONABLE
price may be per K or per feature etc, wouldn't go astray.

>Perhaps c.b.i.p should contain public domain and freeware packages only.

I disagree.  Some of the world's best software is shareware, and I certainly
wouldn't want to see it dropped from c.b.i.p.d, since this is usually where
I first find out about new shareware packages.

Rhys.

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