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Article #31953Re: Shareware charges
From: Larry Prince
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 1988 15:18
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 1988 15:18
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In article <3469@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:
] One possibility would be to use the universal currency -- blank
]disks. Call one virgin 3-1/2" disk equal to 1 US Dollar (or 5 French
]Francs, or 0.50 English Pounds, or...). If your shareware price is 10 US
]Dollars, be willing to accept 10 blank disks from somebody without
]convenient access to US funds.
]
] Of course, the postage to mail 10 disks accross the pond might
]exceed their value, so maybe it's not such a good idea after all.
And not all diskettes are the same...Brand X and Brand Y may be miles
(kilometers?) apart in terms of reliability/longevity.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!rutgers!ucla-cs!prince From: prince@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Larry Prince) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Shareware charges Message-ID: <15830@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Date: 8 Sep 88 15:18:18 GMT References: <53@bridge2.UUCP> <753@etive.ed.ac.uk> <16742@apple.Apple.COM> <3469@phri.UUCP> Sender: news@CS.UCLA.EDU Reply-To: prince@cs.ucla.edu (Larry Prince) Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 18