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From: dan@msdc.UUCP (Dan Forsyth)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: satellite netnews costs
Message-ID: <119@msdc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 13:13:14 EST
Article-I.D.: msdc.119
Posted: Mon Dec 17 13:13:14 1984
Date-Received: Wed, 19-Dec-84 02:47:15 EST
Organization: Medical Systems Development Corp., Atlanta
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Look folks, I think there's a problem with perspective here.  How much
did you pay for the 1200bps modem sitting on your little Unix system
that listens for your news?  About 500 bucks I'll bet (maybe $400 if
you're a good shopper).  So how could you hope that a cable TV decoding
setup could cost much less?  Especially when there's much less demand
for them.  


This is to those bozos out there who would pay thousands for an IBM PC
or Mac or whatever and 3 or 4 hundred for Lotus 1-2-3 or MultiPlan or
Dbase II and then would have the gall to flame about a cable-to-RS232
decoder that costs the same as a phone-to-RS232 modem.  You deserve to
get what you pay for!  Squeeze those nickels and let the dollars slip
through your fingers!


I feel better now.  Thanks.

Dan Forsyth ({gatech,akgua,mcnc}!msdc!dan)
Medical Systems Development Corporation, Atlanta, GA