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From: rforster@vmsmail.gov.bc.ca (Russ Forster)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Windows 95 version
Message-Id: <1995Sep3.095032.6894@venus.gov.bc.ca>
Date: 3 Sep 95 09:50:32 PDT
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In article <429ju5$lv6@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>, fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) writes:
> In article <DE93Gn.75H@world.std.com>,
> Jeffrey T Berntsen <jeffb@world.std.com> wrote:
>>> ...
>>All true, and I can see your and Frank's point. I still don't have to
>>like it though. I think this charging for a version of kermit instead of
>>its media (such as the kermit tapes available from Columbia) or its
>>documentation is going to earn KERMIT, Columbia U., and Frank a great
>>deal of ill will in the user community.
>>
> Well, we had a choice. We can be here and be the brunt of some people's
> ill will, or we can be gone. Without making this move, I assure you we
> would be gone. Usage has never been higher, tech support demands have
> never been higher, ftp accesses have never been higher, Web page accesses
> go up every week. But our income has never been lower. And still we get
> hundreds of requests for Windows Kermit software every day.
>
> Charging media costs for disks and tapes doesn't work any more -- nobody
> is ordering them. They just grab the software off the net or from a CDROM
> they bought from somebody else, and then call us to ask how it works.
>
> We are adapting to this new world in order to survive and keep serving you.
>
> - Frank
Frank,
I understand your need for money, however you are targeting a very
specific audience. Perhaps I should move to a MAC and get the software
free. The other more promising alternative, it to have you charge for
all versions of Kermit not just the media it's on.
/Russ
--
Russ Forster, BC Systems, 4000 Seymour Place, Victoria, B.C., Canada, V8X 4S8
RForster@Galaxy.Gov.BC.CA Office: (604) 389-3186 Fax: (604) 389-3412
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