Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!amdahl!JUTS!duts!kls30 From: kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L Shephard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Selling Usenet news Summary: Not selling...... Message-ID: <08ld02QC04Da01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> Date: 18 Dec 90 18:05:06 GMT References: Sender: netnews@ccc.amdahl.com Reply-To: kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L. Shephard) Distribution: na Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 44 In article danr@autodesk.com (Dan Rosenfeld) writes: > >Did anyone else notice the listing of new NeXT products in the Dec. 10 >issue of Microtimes (a S.F. Bay area weekly) ? A company called >Lighthouse Design is apparently selling an optical disk of various ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >NeXT-useful stuff, but what caught my attention was the line "It also >includes one year of NeXT-specific Usenet network news ..." > >I was wondering how people on the net felt about the possibility that >their contributions to net news discussions could become part of a >commercial product. Has this been discussed before? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ They are not selling software!!!!!! They are giving the software away. What you are paying for is: 1. The media the software is on. 2. You are also paying for their time and effort in compiling this stuff. THE SOFTWARE IS FREE!!!!!! BTW - If someone gets the disk, wouldn't you feel good that you may have helped someone new to the NeXT world. > > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Dan Rosenfeld danr@autodesk.com > >( ) "Enjoy life, eat out more often." > o) o) > moo > -- >---------------------------------------------------------------- > >-- KeNT - I need a NeXTstation BaD. -- /* -The opinions expressed are my own, not my employers. */ /* For I can only express my own opinions. */ /* */ /* Kent L. Shephard : email - kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com */