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From: holloway@drivax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Marketing suggestion for C-A
Message-ID: <1834@drivax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 12-Jun-87 13:30:50 EDT
Article-I.D.: drivax.1834
Posted: Fri Jun 12 13:30:50 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jun-87 23:35:29 EDT
References: <1209@spice.cs.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: holloway@drivax.UUCP (Bruce Holloway)
Organization: Digitalis Research, Inc.
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In article <1209@spice.cs.cmu.edu> mjp@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) writes:
>Another idea might be to get Fred to make a "Best of Fred Fish" disk
>with the most useful programs from his collection (VT100, Matt's
>Shell, etc) and make that a giveaway with the new machines.  As long
>as the authors of the software don't mind (and they shouldn't, since
>C-A would be performing the exact same function as Fred) then C-A
>could give new owners usable software for next to nothing.

If C-A distributed them, that would make them at least partially responsible
for the programs - guess who'd be called if there were any questions, problems,
etc. Plus, they'd be adding value to the system with the software, so SOME
sort of payment would be due the original authors, probably on a royalty
basis. I still think that C-A should send along (at least) a list of user
groups in the area.

- Bruce
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