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To: Rudy who wrote (10683)	4/15/1998 11:05:00 AM
From: Alan Lee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13456

<< I do not see anything wrong in SI's trying to capitalize on what it built >> For sure, but I'm not sure all the newcomers would agree that the following is a justification for them having to pay and the oldtimers not, since they would probably claim the same is true for them: <<in the case of oldtimers of SI, I think their existence, research, and ideas is a contribution to SI >> I tend to think of it more as, us being lucky to have gotten in early enough not to have to pay.

To: Rudy who wrote (10683)	4/15/1998 11:29:00 AM
From: WTMHouston	Respond to of 13456

Many on-line services simply begin charging everyone at some point. Many of the people that were using for free are never seen or heard from again and it materially affects the community. SI, it seems, is trying to avoid the disrupting effects by grandfathering the existing community and charging all new entrants. At least in theory, the community will grow through future paid subscriptions and there will be attrition in the grandfathered group. At some point, the paid group should/will outnumber the grandfathered group and at some point SI could probably begin charging the grandfathered group without significant disruption to the overall community. Personally, I see enough benefit in SI that I would be wiling to pay if required to do so to remain - although I never enjoy paying for something I can get for free and this is not an invitation for SI to send me a bill....:) The folks at SI (Brad, Jeff, and Jill) have built an incredible service/community. While it certainly required all of the posters to do so, it developed the way it did because of their structure, ideas, and control: including not selling out for several million at the first opportunity (my guess is that they like the idea of illions beginning with a "b" better) which would have probably resulted in most of us being charged and/or inundated with advertising long before now. Troy