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- From: pvonk@scott.skidmore.edu (Pierre VonKaenel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
- Subject: Re: Why do people want PD software?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.192406.18444@scott.skidmore.edu>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 19:24:06 GMT
- Article-I.D.: scott.1992Aug19.192406.18444
- References: <1992Aug19.180643.24274@PA.dec.com>
- Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY, 12866
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- In article <1992Aug19.180643.24274@PA.dec.com> reisert@sttng.mlo.dec.com (Jim Reisert) writes:
- >
- >Several times a week, someone posts an article to a newsgroup asking
- >something like, "What's the best PD/shareware program to do XYZZY?"
- >Why don't they just ask, "What's the best program to do XYZZY?" Why
- >is PD/shareware specifically requested?
- >
- >I'd be interested in hearing your opinions on the subject.
- >--
- >James J. Reisert Internet: reisert@sttng.enet.dec.com
- >Digital Equipment Corp. UUCP: ...decwrl!sttng.enet!reisert
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- Ah,..... someone from industry. Well, in an academic environment
- where networks are used by hundreds (thousands?) of students, we just
- can't afford to spend $200 a pop for commercial ftp, telnet, news
- readers, and many other forms of software. It seems in academia, many
- good programs are written and distributed among schools - the greatest
- software secret around. Seriously, we're not for-profit, and budgets
- are strained. With programming talent around (profs., students), we
- do alright with public domain software!
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