Cortlandt Wilson wrote:

> As a not well paid sometime journalist for the 3000 NewsWire I must
> point out that good software *of any kind* doesn't come for free.

Never heaard of GNU, LINUX, APACHE, JAVA, MS Internet Explorer, Pegasus email
client, etc.?

> I would turn your statements around and ask why your companies don't make
> more of their software products available for free.

We make quite a lot available for "free".  Visit our web site and click on
the "Free Software" link.

> How can a user group or publisher stay in business if they give their best
> stuff away?

Actually, newspaper and magazine publishers make money selling advertising,
not selling subscriptions.  They charge you for a subscription because
advertising rates are based on the number of subscribers, and paid
subscribers count *way* more than free subscribers.

Seriously, I think *all* Interex members would benefit by the incredibly
small (probably zero) "lost revenue* of giving away this series to assist new
MPE users/admins/whatever.  The more people who embrace the platform, the
bigger Interex's potentioal customer base.

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