On Mon, 14 Aug 1995 19:41:48 -0400 Lee Silverman said:
>At 5:40 PM 8/14/95, Chris Barnes wrote:
>
>> We very nearly lost ALL Lsoft products for this
>>year because the unix bigots tend to love the freebe products (never
>>mind performance).  $550 isn't a 'only costs' here anymore.  It gets
>>compared to other software that's free (fair or not).
>
>        The only freebie that can remotely compare to Listserv is listproc
>6.0c.  I have used both, and am now VERY much in the listserv camp.
 
 
I should say that you're preaching to the choir here.  *I* understand
why Listserv is so much better.  *I* absolutely detest even subscribing
to non-Listserv lists, much less ever trying to be a listowner or (even
worse) maintainer of the server.
 
But the real problem we're having here is in these times of budgetary
contraints - getting them to accept the idea that *any* listserver is a
worth while endevor is more difficult than in times past.  I don't
think we're alone; alot of sites are starting to develop a "screw the
rest of the world; if it doesn't benefit us directly, we don't care"
attitude.  I should say that this doesn't just affect Listserv -
it affects other areas of being a part of the Internet (ie. Web servers,
Gopher, etc.).  There are folks that would nuke them all.
 
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