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From: elg@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Eric Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Utilities Unlimited Inc.
Message-ID: <5568@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
Date: 19 Sep 88 00:17:15 GMT
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in article <814@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US>, scottc@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US (Scott Craig) says:
> Has anyone ever heard of "Utilites Unlimited Inc."?
> Let me help you. They advertise a lot in RUN magazine.

Not surprisingly, I wouldn't trust these people further than I could
throw them. The Commodore community has a long history of companies
such as Megasoft coming in and suckering in developers, then screwing
them... and when heat starts coming down, they take the money and run.

What we need, instead of such for-pay things, is a registry of public
domain/freeware programs. Alas, the only way that would work would be
something like the Fish Disk collection for the Amiga -- a popular
Amiga magazine (Amazing Computing) regularly publishes information on
how to get a complete catalog of the Fish Disks, how to order, etc.
Another point is cost of acquisition.... which is why I do not count
TPUG as being a valid collection point (when floppy diskettes were $1,
they were charging $5 for one! As does Fish, but we're talking 3 1/2"
diskettes with 880K, with useful programs...).

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