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Re: NetNews, a blueprint for survival

#339
From: Richard M. Hartman
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 16:53
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In article <1993Jan10.203719.15303@ssc.com> markz@ssc.com (Mark Zenier) writes:
:Henry Spencer (henry@zoo.toronto.edu) wrote:
:: >It would be an ironic shame if the anarchistic nature of the net created a
:: >situation where only the big guys could survive.  We little guys are
:: >fighting for our lives in the trenches.
:: 
:: Um, you should bear in mind that very few of the freeware authors get
:: paid for news work.  You too can join the illustrious ranks; all you
:: have to do is give up sleeping :-(.  There's a very old saying in the
:: freeware world:  "if you care about it so much, why don't *you* fix it?".
:
:Because there's always a promised new revision coming out Real
:Soon Now, and it would be a real pain to keep a parallel version
:up to date. ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) 

Who's been promising you that?


		-Richard Hartman
		hartman@ulogic.COM

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From: hartman@ulogic.UUCP (Richard M. Hartman)
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Subject: Re: NetNews, a blueprint for survival
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Date: 11 Jan 93 16:53:25 GMT
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