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From: Bob.Nordling@f13.n396.z1.fidonet.org (Bob Nordling)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: My problem with Educorp
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Date: 20 May 91 12:42:00 GMT
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I would recommend that EVERYONE stay away from places like Educorp!
Obviously they want to turn a cheap buck and don't care who they 
screw
doing it.
 
Obviously this subject hit a nerve  :-(
 
Mike
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Mike Pflueger @ AG Communication Systems (formerly GTE Comm. Sys.), 
Phoenix,
  
Mike, I understand your frustration, however, if you stay away 
from Educorp, why not exhort us to stay away from online services?
(and I say this with "fear and trembling" since I work on two major 
online services...being compensated with free accounts).
 
We are left with user groups which do not contact shareware authors 
(since they invest so much time in volunteer work that they have 
little left to do it if they wished), but which normally provide at 
least support for shareware products in formal and informal ways
and check the programs for viruses before distribution. We feel good 
about user groups since they are "freeware consultants" for Apple 
...I know some people who would be rich if they were paid $1 for 
each call they got from non-members who were referred to them for 
product support by Apple Computer and local dealers.
 
The problem is that a viable alternative to Educorp would entail
cooperation of the shareware authors and the "do the right thing" 
business, a willingness for an entity to fight Educorp if they
trampled on the rights of shareware authors, and notices within
shareware that was unambiguous about distribution. Without these
3 things, Educorp (and similar smaller companies) will be the 
standard way of doing business.
  
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