🚀 go-pugleaf

Well, although I will probably be accused of being "publicly abusive" to Irving  
again, 

Irving_Wolfe writes
> In <1992Aug7.032844.5539@wpa.com> john@wpa.com (John Bartley) writes:
> 
> >In article <1992Aug6.141753.18854@Happy-Man.com> irving@Happy-Man.com  
> >(Irving_Wolfe) writes:
> 
> >>  We publish SOLID VALUE for the intelligent investor.   NextMail OK
> >> Info free; sample $20.  
> 
> >Why is your "sample" $20, but in your opinion RightBrain Rulers should  
> >only cost $10? What's wrong with this picture?
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> 2.  Solid Value (our publication that shows investors the market's 
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> 3.  We sell subscriptions, not samples.  Our sample price is 
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	Does this not seem like a massive rationalization to you?  If
	someone uses Rightbrain products to produce a newsletter that
	is sold, wouldn't you say it is being used in an "industrial" manner?
	
> 4.  I find it hard to understand why my suggestion that software
> companies might make more money, not less, if they cut their prices
> drastically is so frightening to a few people out there, such as
> the poster above and, especially, to Scott Anguish, who sounded in
> his vitriolic response like he was about to blow a gasket.  

	I don't think that is what you managed to get a across in your message.
	If Rightbrain sold its utilities products for $10, with nothing except
	online documentation, they might clear $8 per disk after the cost
	of the disk and duplication.  But there are may other factors to pull
	in as far as the cost.  Office, support, advertising, development...
	So lets say they sell 10,000 copies at $8 that $80,000.  Now subtract
	out the other costs above.  Lets consider that they have 4 products
	generating that much income (those unit sales are probably VERY HIGH)
	Thats $320,000 over the life of the product.  But that doesn't include
	any of those other expenses.  I'm sure that Glenn and Jack draw a
	paycheck (as they are entitled to), and that there are other employees
	as well.  Next Computers aren't free.  

	If your payroll was $130,000 per year, and you sold those units over a 
	two year period, your company is gone.  Broke, bankrupt.  What would be 
	the point?

	The excuse of "leveling the playing field" used in your initial post is
	what is upsetting, because that is theft.  Theft should anger people.

> I find
> it hard to understand how anyone using Next's C compiler, a GNU/FSF
> free software product, can criticize the noble goals of the Free
> Software Foundation.

	Again, it is Mr Stallman's positioning in the GNU manifesto that is 	 
screwed up.
	And that is ONLY MY OPINION.
	Next chose GNU C as its development platform.  I chose Next because of
	NextStep, not because of the GNU products that it ships with.  I abide
	by the GNU License.  That is my only obligation.  If I had to buy a
	compiler to work on the NeXT, that fine by me.

> Just
> remember, before you have a fit and put yourself in the hospital,
> that all I did was offer some business advice, which can't be worth
> any less than Glenn paid me for it.  

	If this is the kind of "advice" that SOLID VALUE publishes.....

> It is you apoplectic
> psychopaths that have advocated shooting people (M Carling),
> putting them in jail (many of you), etc.  My own approach is
> kindness and common sense. 
	Nothing like the "kindness" of a man who calls people psychopaths
	and in private states that he would have no remorse if I were to 
	die.  Its a shame that netiquette prohibits me from posting your 
	private e-mail.

> Whom will you follow, an angry tyrant
> or a simple, loving man who speaks the truth?  What a funny place
       ^^^^^^
	Your idea of the truth is way off base.

> the world is!  Apparently many of you have such distrust, fear, and
> hatred for your fellow man as to give away your own freedom just to
> take away his.

	I don't hate you or anyone else.

	I am not advocating taking away anyone's freedom.  Charge what you want
	for software or whatever.  But don't steal other peoples work.  If that
	is taking away my freedom or someone elses freedom I would like to
	exercise my freedom to take as opposed to my freedom to "choose" on 
	a Ferrari dealers lot.

	:-)

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- Scott Anguish -
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