NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/comp/sys/amiga/misc/20274

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From: [e-mail] (Pumpkin Power)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Fred Fish and no more fishes??
Date: 21 Jan 1993 15:03:59 GMT
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[e-mail] (David Loyd) writes:

>[e-mail] (Daniel Baehr) writes:

>>  Any truth to the rumor that Fred Fish is thinking about hanging it up?

>It would be a shame to see the collection stop. As the post states,
>if you have any say in your user group (If you are a member then you
>DO!) propose that they become a subscriber to the disks from the
>author. This way the amount is spread among the members and one person
>is not hit for the entire amount. There is more than enough sw
>in any ten disks release for someone to get something out of it.

Our local user group stopped their subscription because they simply
couldn't afford it.  The prices then were US$4.00 per disk I believe.
With about 20 disks a month, and with the exchange rate as it is the costs
quickly mount up - currently it would be about $60 every time he released
10 more disks.  The group would like to support Fred if they could
afford it, but the finanancial situation just doesn't allow for it.
We have been buying the Fish on CD-ROM however, but I'd guess he
doesn't make much from it.  It costs about $70-$80 here.

Peter Barton  :  [e-mail]
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