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From: honeycutt@unca.edu (Mike Honeycutt)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Windows 95 version
Date: 8 Sep 1995 00:36:28 GMT
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Let me begin by saying I have the highest
respect for Frank, Joe and everyone who
contributed to the Kermit effort over the
years. At the very least, these people
deserve our thanks and praise.
The two main attractions of Kermit to us are
it is basically free and it is basically
free. If the Windows 95 version is commercial,
I would have very serious doubts about how
well it could compete with the dozens of other
Windows' communication programs already available.
As for tech support, I handle almost all of it
for our campus and post questions to this
newsgroup two or three times a year. I figure
you do your part and I do mine. I applaud your
academic pricing and your feature list for
Kermit 95 but unfortunately, it *always* comes
down to which product offers the most bang for the
least bucks for us.
I've used Kermit since the mid-80's and it
is like an old friend (and still has the
best VT220, VT320 emulation I've found).
The interface was never super friendly
but it was free after all. I don't mean for this
message to sound like the death of Kermit but in
the beginning, Kermit seemed to be a labor
of love - I regret things have to change
with the Windows' version.
How about some reasonably small sum of money - maybe
$500 - paid to Columbia each year for unlimited site
license. We agree to provide tech support for the
product and have only one person per site who can call
Columbia for support. I suggest trying the honor system
and to (politely) refuse help to sites that don't pay.
I don't know what kind of expenses you currently incur but
this scheme quickly produces a lot of money
(1000 sites * $500 = $500,000 a year).
Let me close by saying I truly hope the
new Windows' version succeeds. The Kermit
team deserves much more recognition - include
financial - than it has ever received.
Good Luck
Mike Honeycutt UNC Asheville University Computing honeycutt@unca.edu