Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!ucsd!ames!elroy!orion.cf.uci.edu!uci-ics!zardoz!dhw68k!felix!art From: art@felix.UUCP (Art Dederick) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Commercial software in comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Message-ID: <89058@felix.UUCP> Date: 27 Mar 89 01:11:33 GMT Sender: daemon@felix.UUCP Reply-To: art@felix.UUCP (Art Dederick) Distribution: usa Organization: FileNet Corp., Costa Mesa, CA Lines: 41 >In article <13415@steinmetz.ge.com> Wm. E. Davidsen Jr writes: >We don't carry binaries to be nice, we do it because the benefit of Well here comp.binaries.ibm.* is only being carried because management IS being nice. This has been the same at other places I have worked. I say pu tit to a test, go to your upper management and ak this question: Is is ok to subsidize non- business by allowing non- advertizing and distribution be carried by those netnews news groups we are paying for via phone charges etc? If they say it's ok, I lose the debate and how can I get hired, sounds like an easy place to work. I'll bet they at least would want a very clear picture of what they are paying for and what benefit the subsidized persons are getting. I'll get the next statement they say is, "How about we do some free advertizing on this thing". >having the software is greater than the cost. If a good piece of >shareware comes along we can pay and use it. The cost then becomes the >net cost plus the shareware fee. In many cases this is still very cost >effective. Big firms spend a lot of money on evaluation copies of >commercial software which never gets used. Unless you are a PC house and use nothing but PC's, c.b.i.p is not much useful to you. Carrying it might be ok because the people working at the site may have PC's at home, but there is no direct benefit to the company that is footing the bill. Now I do have a PC and I would hate to lose c.b.i.p because some unscrupulous people let this shareware concept take advantage of the net and my management get wind of it. Cutting off netnews has already been threaten once and I know this would pretty much kill it for us. If they want money for it, it's commercial. Commercial postings are not allowed regardless of who benefits. D. Art Dederick (714) 966-3618 {ccicpg,decuac,hplabs,oliveb,ucivax,zardoz}!felix!art