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From: shane@pepe.cc.umich.edu (Shane Looker)
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Subject: Re: Change Of Life
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Date: 7 Jan 88 13:43:52 GMT
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In article <3293@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> saunders@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (kevin eric saunders) writes:
>>     We look forward to continued support (upgrades!!!) on the net. 
>>
>>Brian H. Powell
>
>    Which brings to mind, why in the name of the Net Gods is a for-profit
>non-shareware software company (THINK) distributing software upgrades 
>across UseNet?  Shouldn't this bring on some profound cosmological
>disturbances, some rumblings from the aether?
>
>Kevin Eric Saunders
>ARPA: saunders@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu
>...!uw-beaver!cornell!batcomputer!saunders


The upgrades you are complaining about are FREE upgrades for a product which
is sold.  As far as I can tell, they are being distributed electronically
in order to get bug fixes and small changes (free) to the largest number of
people.  The patches were posted on CompuServe at least.

Just because you can't get free support for the stuff you buy...
And before you flame me about my use of the word "free", ask yourself
this.  Would you complain if THINK was not on the net, and somebody else
(like myself) posted the upgrade patch to the net?


Shane Looker                       |  "He's dead Jim,
shane@pepe.cc.umich.edu            |     you grab his tricorder,
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