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- From: jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond)
- Subject: Re: On knocking .edu folks (was: Re: PC Unix/Xenix vendors)
- Message-ID: <habsm7=@dixie.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 15:40:29 GMT
- Organization: Dixie Communications Public Access. The Mouth of the South.
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- shane@cs.sunysb.edu (Shane Bouslough) writes:
-
- >: Sorry pal. Nice try, but you loose. Perhaps I'm stupid, but I've actually
- >: *bought* releases from FSF instead of UUCPing them, or I get them from people
- >: who donate a portion to the FSF. I buy the printed manuals, instead of
- >: printing them off myself. I've bought distibutions from MIT for X,
- >: including the manuals. I've sent my $100 to the 386BSD folks. I also *pay*
- >: for my connectivity to the network...
-
- >Not so fast Kemosabe. Do you actually think the price you paid comes
- >anywhere close to fair market value for what you got? I hope you don't
- >think that. Sure, you paid what they asked, but let's be honest. Did
- >you buy one distribution tape of FSF or X code and use it more than
- >once?
-
- By definition he paid fair market price for the products because he paid
- what was asked. That's kinda obvious to us .com people. Actually he paid
- more than fair market price because fair market price is zero for FSF stuff,
- again by definition. And we haven't even discussed yet the tax subsidies
- we .coms get to pay to such projects.
-
- >Lighten up, dude. A few less trips to the coffee machine might do you
- >some good.
-
- As would a trip to Econ 101 for you.
-
- John
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