Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!autodesk!glang From: glang@Autodesk.COM (Gary Lang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Selling Usenet news Message-ID: <1452@autodesk.COM> Date: 19 Dec 90 07:37:52 GMT References: Organization: Autodesk Inc., Sausalito CA, USA Lines: 24 In-reply-to: danr@autodesk.com's message of 17 Dec 90 20:48:32 GMT >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? Dan - Since the cube is not aimed at the typical net-weenie with ftp access, the Lighthouse disk has been extremely invaluable in getting the pd sources for the NeXT as well as the net postings, BuZZNugs, and so on. We're more inclined to be PC users who didn't know/care about what USENET/ftp/etc. was until we got our cubes, and were grateful for the help. That's the way I think most folks see it. Anyway, there's a lot more than the useful NeXT info that was on the net a year ago on it and they allow user groups to copy it like crazy so it's not like they're hoarding the thing... Hell, I bought one. - g -- Gary T. Lang (415)332-2344 x2702 Autodesk, Inc. Sausalito, CA. MCI: 370-0730