Re: tlug: Corel to give away WordPerfect Linux edition

[Maynard Hogg <maynard@example.com>]

At [Sat, 24 Oct 1998 16:25:13 +0900 (JST)]
Scott Stone <sstone@example.com> wrote:

> Believe it or not, I think that this is a Very Bad Thing.

Just copying a page out of the Microsloth book: dominate the
market by giving away the product. Would you believe that, at
the trial last week, Microsloth lawyers accused Netscape of
"gouging" customers by charging $40 for its browser. Not bad
>from a company that charges paying customers hundreds of dollars
for alpha-testing their software.

Maynard Hogg <maynard@example.com> <-- Perfectly valid, but...
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