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Subject: Re:  JR-Comm 1.02 ANSI bugfix patch/.
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Date: 22 Apr 91 05:28:13 GMT
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In article <ben.6066@epmooch.UUCP> ben@epmooch.UUCP (Rev. Ben A. Mesander) writes:
>>In article <1991Apr13.182204.16448@unlinfo.unl.edu> 231b3678@fergvax.unl.edu (Phil Dietz) writes:
>>In article <1217@faatcrl.UUCP> jprad@faatcrl.UUCP (Jack Radigan) writes:
>>>manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University) writes:
>>>
>>>>Eh?  1.02?  Are the registered users (namely me!) going to be upgraded
>>>>to 1.02??
>>>
>>>  Sorry, but $30 does not buy you unlimited disks in the mail.  You will
>> 
>>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.
>
>Sure, we all know that Jack's time isn't worth a cent, right?
>
>I stopped writing shareware when it started taking too much of my time to
>stuff envelopes and take trips to the post office to mail packages.
>It is a major effort on the part of the software author, and I'm sure
>Jack has a "real life" and a "real job" outside of writing and supporting
>JRComm.

Heres a suggestion:
registered owners can get updates for ~$5 <or $10> rather than the $30 fee
charged initially. 

<any chance 1.1 will scroll faster esp on VT-100 terminal? this is pretty slow.
and when is 1.1 expected?>


>
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