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To: Joe NYC who wrote (72241)2/22/2002 10:06:42 AM
From: bacchus_iiRespond to of 275872
 
RE Joe:"I always believed there is a limit to how much time is going to be donated at the expense of time spent with families or other worthy causes such as getting drunk ..."

"I was basing it on Gottfied's "fair" pricing model such as:
For example, winzip could be a 20¢ prog. because at least 50% need winzip and $10M is a fare price for winzip. "


Katz Wrote Popular Free Compression Software

The creator of PKZip, Phillip W. Katz, died of complications from chronic alcoholism. Katz's file-compression software is used around the world. The PKZip website is shown at left. (PKZip)


abcnews.go.com
Sad story indeed.

I quit this rant now. It's getting too OT.

Since we "agree on the need to handle micro-payments" and it's the main idea I was defending with the penny-soft approach, I stop here.

Gottfried