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From: dar@belltec.UUCP (Dimitri Rotow)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: Man pages for '386 UNIX
Summary: Results of man pages poll
Message-ID: <288@belltec.UUCP>
Date: 14 Oct 88 01:46:01 GMT
Organization: Bell Technologies, Fremont, CA
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As promised, here are the results of the great man pages poll.

Of the 86 email responses received, only 2 were uninterested in
online man pages.  Over 95% of the remainder wanted man pages
and were willing to pay for them.  The great majority felt that
$50 to $100 was a fair range, with about 20% believing that a
$100 to $120 was ok as well.

We will consider a program to test an actual willingness to buy
man pages for 3.2 as an optional product.  In the next two or 
three months, we hope to test mail a program against our actual
3.2 / 3.0 customer base to check response.  If a non self-selecting
sample appears willing to pop for man pages we'll see what we can
do to provide such a product.   Note that AT&T has not yet released
MRD for 3.2, and may not do so for some time.

NOTE:  this is *not* a product announcement!

Thanks to all who replied.

- Dimitri Rotow