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- From: mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us (Michael B. Smith)
- Subject: Re: News-Readers
- References: <john.006o@python.southern.co.nz> <mbs.463p@adastra.cvl.va.us> <398.6581T871T463@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 96 13:17:15 EDT
- Organization: Only if you insist...
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- In article <398.6581T871T463@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu> jsaklad@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu (Jim Saklad) writes:
- > On 05-Jan-96 19:22:42, Michael B. Smith commented:
- > >> 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.
- >
- > Do you honestly think that several ("quite a few") percent of the >2,000,000
- > Amiga userbase (say, 5%, that would be more than 100,000 users) have 5 nodes?
-
- I don't "think it"; I know it. For my purposes, OEM licenses count
- as "5 nodes or more".
-
- BTW, I'll stick with my "quite a few", and not use your numbers. My
- concern is for people/companies/users who actually are willing to
- pay for software and its support.
- --
- // Michael B. Smith
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