Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!lethe!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!csus.edu!ucdavis!uop!luther From: luther@uop.EDU (Pat Luther) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Selling Usenet news Message-ID: <661640384.12535@zeus.uop.edu> Date: 19 Dec 90 20:59:45 GMT References: <08ld02QC04Da01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> Distribution: na Organization: University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA [138.9.200.1] Lines: 28 kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L Shephard) writes: (About Lighthouse design selling software and usenet news) >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. 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. >THE SOFTWARE IS FREE!!!!!! You're in marketing, aren't you? Note, however, that I have nothing against this. If I want to keep something proprietary, I wouldn't post it on an international computer network. ??pat ----- From Pat Luther, Lex's Evil Twin luther@uop.edu OR pluther@madvax.uop.edu (Depending on my mood.....) "Damnit, Jim, you're an actor, not an author!"