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Re: Paying for Shareware

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From: John F. Haugh II
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 1990 14:55
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In article <34720@watmath.waterloo.edu> bstempleton@watmath.waterloo.edu (Brad Templeton) writes:
>Sigh.  USENET is *NOT* public domain.  It's not even a public network.
>It is *not* noncommercial.  Saying it won't make it so.  I have, and have
>given, counterexamples.  Counterexamples are generally accepted as a pretty
>darn good way of disproving a thesis.  So stop saying it!

Your counterexamples have consisted of bogus analogies.

You aren't the official spokesman for what USENET is or isn't.  Quit
pretending you are.
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John F. Haugh II                             UUCP: ...!cs.utexas.edu!rpp386!jfh
Ma Bell: (512) 832-8832                           Domain: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org
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From: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
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Subject: Re: Paying for Shareware
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Date: 1 Mar 90 14:55:55 GMT
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