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From: campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: Re: shareware
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Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 22:29:56 EST
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> 	Can someone please explain the FUNDAMENTAL difference between
> 	shareware and, say, chain letters?
> 
> 	Seems to me that they both clog communication channels for a 
> 	few people's financial benefit.

A chain letter has no intrinsic value.  Shareware must be intrinsically
useful, or else no one would send money to the author.

Also, don't the commercial broadcast media clog communications channels
for a few people's financial benefit?
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