• To: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo@m...>
• Subject: Re: [Ann] Next generation XSL-XHTML tools from ALT Mobi le
• From: Uche Ogbuji <uche.ogbuji@f...>
• Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 16:21:45 -0600
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: Message from Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo@m...> of "Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:53:56 EDT." <p04330107b9be3fd43186@[192.168.254.4]>
• Sender: uche.ogbuji@f...

> I consider such announcements useful, but only when they clearly 
> state their price or license.  Announcements like this one that 
> attempt to hide the actual price ,($500 in this case), or refer to a 
> "free demo version", I consider spam.

I can't agree with this.  I have no problems as long as there is no deception 
as to pricing.

The decoding is easy:

* If the announcement says "free" or "open source", then I know the score
* If the announcement says "dree demo", then I know the score
* If the announcement says nothing about pricing and license, then I merely 
assume that it is outrageously expensive, with a punitive license

They may not be best served by these responses of mine, but it's their 
prerogative to communicate what they want about pricing, and mine to interpret 
what I want about pricing.


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Uche Ogbuji                                    Fourthought, Inc.
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