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From: tempest@walleye.uucp (Kenneth K.F. Lui)
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Subject: Re: Selling Usenet news
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Date: 20 Dec 90 05:45:57 GMT
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In article <661640384.12535@zeus.uop.edu> luther@uop.EDU (Pat Luther) writes:
>So how is this not selling software? If I buy WordPerfect, I pay for the
>media it's on, and  WP's time and effort in writing it. If you have to 
>give them money for it, they're selling it.
>
You're also paying for WP's R&D, the largest portion of the
retail price.  I do agree that Lighthouse is selling the
software.

Ken
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