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- From: mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us (Michael B. Smith)
- Subject: Re: AS225r2: is it available from anywhere?
- References: <3111d0d2.16589861@News> <mbs.481o@adastra.cvl.va.us> <1315.6620T556T55@Th0r.foo.bar>
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- Date: Sun, 18 Feb 96 13:07:47 EDT
- Organization: Only if you insist...
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- In article <1315.6620T556T55@Th0r.foo.bar> earthstar@grumpy.magg.net (Greg_Blanchard) writes:
- > >So, if you truly can't afford $150 (no matter how well deserved!), then wait
- > >a bit and you should see lower pricing from other places.
- >
- > Jim, with reference to my post as the self appointed "average home user"
- > regarding the overprice of Gecko.
- >
- > Is there some thoughts about a stripped down version? Perhaps, instead of
- > putting a "demo" version out, a purely 'dialup' system at the price point
- > some average "home" programs (US $30) might be marketable.
- >
- > Just a thought!
-
- Well, call this "Surfer" and add the packages that AT thought were
- required, and there you have it. $30 is ridiculously low though. A
- tcp/ip stack is not an "average home program". Then you get into the
- disagreements about what your "average home user" would require.
-
- Been there, done that.
- --
- // Michael B. Smith
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