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echo: binkley
to: Michael Kirst
from: Kurt Weiske
date: 1996-03-30 08:36:38
subject: My recent message and your remarks.

Michael Kirst wrote in a message to All:

MK> Hello everyone,

MK>   Now I can't understand why the price of Binkley should matter one
MK> iota   when it comes to trying to use it with some other BBS/mailer
MK> system   software!!  The price a person pays for a given piece of
MK> software has   precious little bearing on whether it works with some
MK> other software   or not!  Just because a given program is free
MK> doesn't mean that the   users shouldn't be able to use it with their
MK> other system software and   if it doesn't work, try to see if the
MK> author(s) involved will help in   getting the two packages to work
MK> with each other if possible. 

People here took offense to your tone - I know I did. It sure sounded like
looking a gift horse in the mouth to me. Maybe you should re-read your
original message with an open mind. If many people made the wrong
conclusion, perhaps the problem was with your message.


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