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From: jprad@faatcrl.UUCP (Jack Radigan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: JR-Comm 1.02 ANSI bugfix patch/.
Keywords: robber barron  milli vanilli
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Date: 18 Apr 91 14:45:51 GMT
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231b3678@fergvax.unl.edu (Phil Dietz) writes:

>Oh come on now!  You expect people to pay $30 bucks, and not send them a .39
>cent disk,a .19 cent mailer, and .50 postage?  Yeah, I guess you'll only be
>profiting $29 rather than $30.
> 
>Yes we all know how much time it took you to make it, and we all know how
>great it is, but at least have the respect for the customer.

  Oh, and I guess the ongoing costs for operating a BBS, monthly fees for
CompuServe, GEnie, BIX, PLink and outdial costs to other places as well as
voice calls and the cost for hardware doesn't count, eh?

  Oh, and lest we forget the IRS.

  Yeah, I've made money, but not $29 per.  BTW, I'd make more flipping burgers
at a McDonalds if you figure it out on an hourly wage.

  Oh, and the *actual* cost stateside is .79/disk, .20/mailer, .75/postage.
Then there's the incidental costs for, meter rental, ink rollers, labels,
tape, printer ribbons, wear and tear on the hardware.

  It adds up Phil.  Also, it's not like I said you're only going to get
*one* disk, I'm going to mail out a 1.1 disk to everyone.  But, if I
fork out a disk everytime an update is made I'd go broke.

>ps. oh yeah.  How many versions are you going to make?  As long as you
>make less than 30 you'll still come out on top!

  When the support drops below a level where I can declare income on a
Sched. C I have to stop development.  Now, I'm not talking about over the
5 year period where a business becomes a hobby by IRS definitions, I'm
talking about having to shell out money out of my own pocket for an
extended period of time.

  -jack-