Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!eecae!cps3xx!usenet From: usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: Gnu for profit? Message-ID: <1278@cps3xx.UUCP> Date: 9 Dec 88 19:23:21 GMT References: <8812081600.AA18091@nav.icst.nbs.gov> Organization: Engineering, Michigan State U., E. Lansing MI Lines: 16 in article <8812081600.AA18091@nav.icst.nbs.gov>, rbj@nav.icst.nbs.GOV (Root Boy Jim) says: > ? A recent posting advertised the distribution of GNU software by a > ? company named ISPI, located in New York. > Seriously, how did their prices compare with FSF? Their $150 price for a tape seemed resonable, but $400 for GNU on floppies seemed way out of line. Now, I realize that it would take a lot of floppies to put GNU on. HOWEVER, I'd estimate that over half of that price is profit.... If it isn't profit, please tell me what it is. John H. Lawitzke UUCP: ...rutgers!mailrus!frith!fciiho!jhl Michigan Farm Bureau ...decvax!purdue!mailrus!frith!fciiho!jhl Insurance Group ...uunet!frith!jhl "What?!? Real computing at an insurance company?!? AND in Michigan!?!"