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From: greenber@utoday.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: Proposed New Newsgroup - comp.shareware
Message-ID: <1211@utoday.UUCP>
Date: 7 Feb 90 17:58:10 GMT
References: <139@sneezy.tcom.stc.co.uk> <1181@utoday.UUCP> <74@robecdc.UUCP>
Reply-To: greenber@utoday.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg)
Organization: UNIX Today!, Manhasset, NY
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In article <74@robecdc.UUCP> root@robecdc.UUCP (Super user) writes:
>
>SHAREWARE is as has been said before COMMERCIAL. Have we forgotten who
>and what we are? This ????net exists for the FREE flow of information
>between like-minded individuals. This is not an arena for you to make 
>a dollar (yen, pound, franc, etc.) Make you announcements in comp.*,
>comp.newprod, etc. if anyone's interested they will call you, or not
>as they see fit.
>

For me, personally, I've not made a penny on UseNet -- and my postings 
here are not for that intent.  I make my money on site licenses of
my code, and comercial distribution thereof.

However, when you tell me that *you* don't commercialy benefit (as in
gaining information that you exploit by means of getting a higher salary,
etc.), *then* I can start to listen to you about how the net is not 
commercialized.  Until then, it's merely a matter of degree.

You see, this is an arena that *you* can't dictate, either.


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