On Tue, 15 Aug 1995 01:16:18 +0200 Eric Thomas said: >On Mon, 14 Aug 1995 16:40:11 CDT Chris Barnes <[log in to unmask]> >said: > >>We very nearly lost ALL Lsoft products for this year because the unix >>bigots tend to love the freebe products (never mind performance). > >That's a problem we have to face every day, but I'm afraid I don't see >how the extra $550 make any difference. It's a problem you're going to >have no matter how much we charge. You could always divide $550 by your >non-lunar hourly manpower cost for unix programmers and tell them that >they have that many hours to move all the lists to the freebies and >provide comparable service. By the time they've expended $1000 in >manpower and still aren't providing good service, you can ask management >to draw conclusions :-) It's not a question of using Listserv or a competing product. It's a question of using Listserv or nothing at all. Deleting all the lists would undoubtedly save money (in software costs, machine resources, & personel time). ------------------------------------------------------------------ Chris Barnes (409) 846-3273 (home) [log in to unmask] (409) 845-9520 (work) http://tamvm1.tamu.edu/~cbarnes/ "I am in the greater danger before God when I know clearly what He wants me to do, but willfully & defiantly refuse to obey." - Dr. James Dobson (ref: James 4:17)