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From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: selling 386BSD (was Re: 386BSD on CD-ROM?)
Message-ID: <03DI2OJ@taronga.com>
Organization: Taronga Park BBS
References: <1557@hcshh.hcs.de> <1992Aug14.160938.22432@zip.eecs.umich.edu> <1561@hcshh.hcs.de>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 01:58:31 GMT
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In article <1561@hcshh.hcs.de> hm@hcshh.hcs.de (Hellmuth Michaelis) writes:
>but, what can be done to stop those money-makers from selling something which
>ought to be free, and give people who just want to USE it, the chance of
>getting/using/modifying/etc. it in whatever way they like ?
Competition. Get to their customers first... how can they sell a commercial
version to someone who already has the free one? That way, they need to add
value, and we all win.
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Peter da Silva, Taronga Park BBS, Houston, TX +1 713 568 0480/1032