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From: bruceb@telesoft.UUCP (Bruce Bergman @spot)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: UULINK
Message-ID: <230@telesoft.UUCP>
Date: 20 Mar 88 20:56:21 GMT
References: <15.UUL1.1#125@laird.UUCP> <16800239@clio>
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In article <16800239@clio>, berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu writes:
> 
> I can't comment on the quality of the software - but Lauren sent me 
> details of what he went through to write the package in the first
> place - the $ 335 sounds like a bargain.  You know it's not going
> to have as big an audience as Flight Simulator.  He has to recover
> his time investment somehow.
> 
> 			Mike Berger
> 			berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
> 			{ihnp4 | convex | pur-ee}!uiucuxc!clio!berger

Well, I was going to keep out of this UULINK debate, mainly because I
hesitate to flame when others are doing it well.  However, when I saw
what Mike was told by Lauren, I just had to speak up.

Lauren is a master manipulator.  He can make you believe anything he
would like if you're gullible enough.  I know because I once spent a
large number of hours on the phone with him when his product wasn't
even a product.  We discussed the implications of getting uucp to work
on a PC and went over pretty much everything that had to be done.

Mind you, this wasn't a passing "sales" conversation.  This went on
over a period of several phone calls, all at my expense (he'd never
return my long distance calls, but that's no big deal), and often
many hours each.

Having given up on his "promised" help, I decided to investigate the
uucp connections from my own point of reference.  As I just getting
to understand the 'g' protocol, UUCLONE showed up and there was no
reason for me to go further with my project, so I abandoned ship and
used the public packages.

In any case, as two public domain packages have shown, getting uucp
to work on a micro isn't all that tough.  Lauren thinks he ought to
be getting a mint for his years of hard work, when I think he simply
is pissed off that other folks got a public domain version working
while his was still selling.

Don't get me wrong; he deserves to be paid for what he produces, but
if he's going to charge what he does for what little his package does
(and I'm not even considering the lack of documentation), then I
think anyone is nuts to consider it at this time.

An inflated ego is no reason to charge an inflated price...

Anyhow, enough said from me.  Mind you, these are entirely MY 
opinions and no else is responsible for them.

bruce bergman
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