So if I read this correctly,

How much are you selling me for, Wirt?  After all, I got the 'free'
QCTerm.  ;-)

Kevin "being the ever present antagonist" Newman

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wirt Atmar [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 1999 11:45 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: OFF TOPIC: Internet Access...
>
> Gavin writes:
>
> > Getting back to the product/customer thing, many times people don't
> >  realize exactly what the product is in a transaction.  For example:
> >
> >  In a pay-per-view TV operation, the product is the movie/television
> >  program, and you would be the customer, paying to watch that
> program.
> >
> >  In a commercial television operation however, you are not the
> customer.
> >  The customer is the advertiser, and the product is your attention
> which
> >  the television station is selling to the advertiser.
> >
> >  This leads to a fundamental law:  In any transaction, if you are
> not a
> >  paying customer then beware, for *you* may be the product that is
> being
> >  sold :-)
>
> That's actually a very clear, very cogent, very sage explanation --
> that
> should be read enough times to let it fully sink in.
>
> Wirt Atmar