Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site baylor.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!shell!neuro1!baylor!peter From: peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: The problem with share-ware. Message-ID: <444@baylor.UUCP> Date: Sat, 17-Aug-85 22:04:26 EDT Article-I.D.: baylor.444 Posted: Sat Aug 17 22:04:26 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 16:41:55 EDT References: <735@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: The Power Elite, Houston, TX Lines: 12 > Ok? Now try to picture a "DP manager" trying > to tell their purchasing department "please send off 100 $35 "donations" > to "Chop's Shareware Inc". No, it's not required. No, its not exactly > a purchase. No, they won't accept a company PO. No, we dont have quotes > from 3 different distributers, etc, etc..." Gee, I just got purchasing to send off $30 for a freeware program. I just never told them it was optional. Geeze, some people are obtuse. -- Peter da Silva (the mad Australian werewolf) UUCP: ...!shell!neuro1!{hyd-ptd,baylor,datafac}!peter MCI: PDASILVA; CIS: 70216,1076