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From: rock@lighthouse.com
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Subject: Re: Price of Diagram!
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Date: 19 Nov 90 03:13:36 GMT
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In-Reply-To: ppham@gmuvax2.gmu.edu's message of 16 Nov 90 09:16:35 GMT

In article <2907@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> ppham@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Phuong Pham)
writes:

>Only $10.00 Dollars !! (Student price of Diagram! program)
> 
>Forget Piracy! $10 for media, docs, registration, etc. and mental
>relief, it wouldn't be worth it !

I'd like to clarify. The copies don't come with printed docs, but
they're on-line and DL indexed anyway, so no problem. Mental relief,
however, is included. (We considered bundling academic success too,
but until more overseas production facilities come on line, it's just
too expensive.)

Here's how it works:

- Some department of your school (like the computer or book store)
agrees to administer sales, and signs an agreement with us.

- The department buys a master copy of Diagram! (for $200 on floppy,
still a discount).

- The department makes copies, on its own media, etc., for academic
customers. For each copy made for a student, the department pays us
$10. For each copy made for faculty/staff, the department pays us $75.

>Lighthouse probably is tapping an underdevloped market for many
>students pirate or "borrow" the soft then pay the rediculus
>commercial price, for a student. But now they can get ligitimate
>copies for what they can really afford. 
>
>Way to go Lighthouse !

Thanks! We remember what it's like. And we'd rather not force the tens
of millions of students who just can't live another day without
Diagram! to experience the guilt of pirating.

For more information or to get us to hound your school, call us. 

Roger Rosner
rock@lighthouse.com
1-800-366-2279