Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!utoday!greenber
From: greenber@utoday.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Paying for Shareware (Was: Re: v09i070: newsclip 1.1...)
Message-ID: <1268@utoday.UUCP>
Date: 20 Feb 90 19:40:30 GMT
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Reply-To: greenber@.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg)
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In article <15179@bfmny0.UU.NET> tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff) writes:
>Meanwhile Ross "I Follow Up Every Article, Don't You?" Greenberg writes:

Just the ones that miss the point.

>>Again, I'd have no problem with it being in a biz group, although that
>>does seem to deprive a number of sites that do not get any biz hierarchy
>>groups to date.
>
>Then why is this discussion happening.  Create biz.shareware and
>distribute away.  *YES* some sites don't get biz.* but that's because
>they don't WANT to PAY for commercial traffic!!  Get it?
>

There are two discussions taking place here.  One is on registering shareware.
One is on whether comp.* should carry shareware.  I'm with you on the "comp
ain't the right place for it" for such a placement makes me a bit
uncomfortable, too.  



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