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Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 00:01:44 -0500
Message-Id: <199610280501.AAA18848@delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: weiqigao AT crl DOT com
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <55061p$ibb@nexp.crl.com> (weiqigao@crl.com)
Subject: Re: Is djgpp better than Watcom C?

> DJ should charge $1000US per copy for a commercial version of DJGPP
> (could be identical to the net version).  This way, DJ could attract
> the "we don't use freeware" crowd to DJGPP, get some extra R&D fund,
> and boost the DJGPP community's image from "hackers" to "serious
> hackers + commercial".

You think they'd buy it?  I mean, I'd have to do *something* to
warrant that price, yes?

Then again, if you can't see the advantages of free software, maybe
you're stupid enough to pay for it with no advantage!

Anyone volunteering to answer the 1-800 support line?  ;-)

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