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From: cy@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Cyrus Foughty)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Wake up and smell the coffee
Message-ID: <5717@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
Date: 4 Oct 88 07:00:28 GMT
References: <439@l5comp.UUCP>
Organization: Association for the Revival of Electron Tube Computing: ARETC
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in article <439@l5comp.UUCP>, scotty@l5comp.UUCP (Scott Turner) says:
> 
> [The author kindly asks that if you wish to flame him in public that you
> at least read the last few paragraphs of this message before doing so.]
> 
	I am in total agreement with you Scott!! I like so many others
	fell for the whole thing hook, line, and sinker! I am so glad
	that there are thinking men around like you. Personally, I would
	like to see ONLY PUBLIC DOMAIN software running across the Net.
	I mean NO COPYRIGHT or TRADEMARKS in the software or even associated
	with a program!! That would indeed flex the muscle of the Net and
	cause major repercussions to ALL shareware authors. I for one have
	thought about distributing some of my software through the Shareware
	Marketing System. The only difference between a lot, NOT ALL, of 
	shareware authors and say, Microsoft, is that the shareware companies
	aren't as big YET. There are dreams of opening the mail and having
	thousands of dollars sent to you! Take for instance the people who
	brought you PC-Outline. They started out with a good idea to help
	people and made a little cash to boot. Now they have several people
	working for them and I was told are going head-to-head with Lotus
	Metro. Fine, but they are going to charge a couple hundred bucks
	for it. The people at PC-Outline said," We've gotta charge that much
	or the corporations will think It is crap and not buy it!". Once again
	someone out for the corporate buck! Which BTW, pays for a lot of this
	network! I see UseNet as the last bastion of true sharing and caring
	between people! I have met very few people who are actually on the 
	net, but I feel like I know them so well!! Hi, Henry Spencer! UseNet
	has become so much a part of my life!! If I've had car problems which
	I couldn't figure out, I just post to the Net and get an answer. Well,
	not just one answer but several, and I always get the help I need. The
	techinal help here on this net FAR surpasses any reference library or
	thinktank anywhere in the world! We have what so many people in the 
	world wish they had in their life. If we need to impose some rules
	on ourselves to preserve the Net then, so be it! I cast ONE vote for
	the idea of only allowing TRUE public domain software on the Net.

	Thank you Scott for sharing TRUE insight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

> Scott Turner
> scotty@l5comp -or- uunet!l5comp!scotty
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