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From: olney@fortune.UUCP (John Olney)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Enough is too much
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Date: Wed, 17-Oct-84 19:58:54 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 17 19:58:54 1984
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In article <1208@hao.UUCP> ward@hao.UUCP (Mike Ward) writes:
>The adds in Macworld are pretty terrible...
>          ...there are a couple of advertisements there that just
>appall me.  On page 155, there is an ad by "Investware".
>                                          These people at Investware
>have the gall to charge $40.00, not for a program to make your own
>pictures, but for ONLY ONE PRE-MADE picture.  That's just going too
>far.    
>                                                            Some people
>have actually made fonts that they think are worth $100 per font.  I
>think that this is piracy of the worst sort....

I can't decide if you're flaming about the ads themselves,
or the "piracy of the worst sort" that leads people to place the ads.
Either way, you're complaining about the Capitalist System!
Supply and Demand, remember?

My own feeling is that, if somebody has something worth 50 cents
and wants to sell it for 50 dollars, more power to him!
If these products are as truly worthless as they appear,
then not very many of them will sell.

If you feel that strongly about the ads in Macworld,
maybe you should unsubscribe...?

	-- jho