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- From: laurie@lknight.demon.co.uk (Laurie Knight)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: News-Readers
- Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 11:37:07 GMT
- Message-ID: <3089.6579T703T1110@lknight.demon.co.uk>
- References: <john.006o@python.southern.co.nz> <mbs.463p@adastra.cvl.va.us>
- <9601050034.AA001mb@g4wyc.demon.co.uk> <1848.6578T771T788@lknight.demon.co.uk> <mbs.46mb@adastra.cvl.va.us>
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-
- >In article <1848.6578T771T788@lknight.demon.co.uk> laurie@lknight.demon.co.uk
- >(Laurie Knight) writes:
- >> How does Grn3 compare to Thor for features - (Michael B Smith, this
- >> question is meant for you)
-
- >I don't know. I haven't run a recent version of Thor.
-
- >> >How much is this available for now? He asks, fully expecting to be told
- >> >it's only available as part of a very expensive suite that I neither use
- >> >or want. Mind you, if it is available seperately, then.... ;-)
- >>
- >> I would assume from the silent response to this question over the last
- >> couple of months that Grn3 is indeed available only as part of a FIVE node
- >> Tcp stack and Utilities pack... Real sensible, NOT...
-
- >I've answered this question quite a few times. As soon as we ship the final
- >R1.0; a commercial INetUtils release, including GRn 3.0 and GMail will come
- >out.
-
- Apologies Mike, I actually saw an answer to this just after I posted the
- previous message, but it was too late to edit that out... Must have missed any
- answers you made b4 this one, perhaps Thor isnt as good as I thougt ? ;)
-
- >> What percentage of the Amiga userbase do you bloody think has five nodes ??
-
- >Quite a few, actually. What percentage of the Amiga userbase do you bloody
- >think is on Usenet? Not much.
-
- I think you are wrong, and I was refering to the amiga user base on usenet (or
- on the internet) already... The Amiga doesnt and never did have a large
- userbase, and that is not going to change overnight, I was merely suggesting
- that you are stopping a huge chunk of possible customers from buying by only
- including Grn as part of a large multinode software pack. I do not think I am
- wrong in saying that.
-
- >> I don't doubt you will sell a few, but WHY not release the utilities
- >> separately... Grn3 should be available for less than $50 (For one user), if
-
- >Perhaps.
-
- >> not, it will be limited to about 20 users worldwide.
-
- >You are seriously wrong.
-
- perhaps ;> (it is some multiple of 5 atm though ;)
-
- >> I used and liked Grn2.1 for quite a while, but honestly though it was not
- >> well enough polished to register... I am now a very happy Thor user and the
- >> registration is going in the post within a week.
-
- >Register what? It was freeware. Get your facts straight.
-
- Sorry, it Was quite a while ago... I assumed it was shareware, cos most stuff
- seems to be these days, When Grn3 was first mentioned, I am sure I remember
- you complaining about not receiving any registrations for 2.1 though... I
- could be wrong.
-
- >And for _quite_ a while, it was the only GUI'ed choice.
-
- True, and not bad too... I am really not trying to get into an argument or
- piss you off in any way, I appreciate you allowing us to use Grn2.1 for free,
- cos I would have been stuck with something hideous like tin otherwise.
-
- I would be very interested in seeing a (limited) pd release of Grn3.x
- What are the chances ?
- Thanks
- --
- Laurie Knight \ Amiga A3000, Kickstart3.1, 10Mb Ram, 1Gb Scsi HD
- \ Picasso2, Opalvision, Microvitec 1440, USRSportster...
-
- I'm not broke, I'm `finacially challenged'.
-
-