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To: agent99 who wrote (7562)	8/4/1999 9:41:00 PM
From: wily	Respond to of 12617

I have to agree. How can they invite people to join for free and later tell them they have to pay? Well, I guess they could -- wouldn't generate much good will... Or, maybe they just need more traffic on the beta-site for testing purposes, and when enough people have signed up the free-offer will end. w

To: agent99 who wrote (7562)	8/4/1999 9:43:00 PM
From: Tom_	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12617

It's a false rumor, Part Deux. See today's postings on the Beta Site Launch thread: To: BryanB (1302 ) From: jbe Wednesday, Aug 4 1999 2:22PM ET ...Meanwhile, there is a rumor circulating that in the future, access to SI will be free (which would mean, of course, that there would be no category of "paying member" with "special privileges"). Could you please set the record straight on this one? To: jbe (1311) From: BryanB Wednesday, Aug 4 1999 5:10PM ET ....please record straight on this one? Gladly. As mentioned above, the advertising policy details can be found on a page that we've created for this purpose. Furthermore, we have no intention of making posting on the SI message boards free to the general public. Other parts of the new SI are free, i.e. quotes, news, portfolio tracker, etc. And, of course, you can "lurk" for free. So, perhaps that is how the rumor started.. ~~~~~~~~~ Best wishes, Tom