Re: AM-INFO digest 28 "FREE"

[mcgrats@ix.netcom.com]

  Considering Glenn's credentials (-If- his sig is accurate), I feel he
  alone has the knowledge to make that analogy and you are, once again,
  merely blowing smoke ...
  
  Scott K. McGrath
  mcgrats@ix.netcom.com
  
  David E. Y. Sarna wrote:
  > 
  > comparing free software with drugs is repulsive and offensive. Civilized
  > people debating the proprietary of Microsoft's marketing techniques
  > ought restrain their personal anger enough to be able to conduct civil
  > dialogue. Those who can't should see a psychiatrist.
  > 
  > Regards,
  > David E. Y. Sarna       davids@objectsoftcorp.com
  > ObjectSoft Corp. (NASDAQ:OSFT)    http://www.objectsoftcorp.com
  > 433 Hackensack Ave., Hackensack, NJ 07601
  > Tel.: (201) 343-9100    Fax: (201) 343-0056
  > 
  > > -----Original Message-----
  > > From: Glenn T. Livezey [SMTP:glivezey@netserv.unmc.edu]
  > > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 1997 11:45 AM
  > > To:   Multiple recipients of list
  > > Subject:      Re: AM-INFO digest 28 "FREE"
  > >
  > > The bait in a trap is "FREE" if you can avoid
  > > tripping the trigger. The first sample of drugs on the
  > > street are often "FREE". Microsoft, and its wholly or
  > > partially owned subsidiaries (other wise known as
  > > "business partners") often represent software as
  > > "FREE" when its license is built into the price of
  > > whatever bundled product the consumer is
  > > consciously buying. Where have you been hiding
  > > in this age of Marketing (the capital is intentional)?
  > > "FREE" is freely used in place of "not directly
  > > purchased". And there is nothing "egalitarian"
  > > about a tax break, especially when it is worth more
  > > than the "FREE" product could be sold for on the
  > > open market (ie retail as vs. "street price").
  > > Egalitarian implies the lofty moral ground of equal
  > > rights. "FREE" often means you can have it if you
  > > meet the hidden, delayed or indirect costs of the
  > > offer. We may all be equal in the opportunity to
  > > accept a "FREE" offer, but we are obviously not
  > > equal in our understanding of the ultimate price.
  > >
  > >
  > > Glenn T. Livezey, Ph.D.
  > > Director of Perinatal Research
  > > Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
  > > Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  > > University of Nebraska Medical Center
  > > 600 South 42nd Street
  > > Omaha, NE 68198-3255
  > > Phone- 402-559-8064
  > > FAX- 402-559-7126
  > > e-mail glivezey@netserv.unmc.edu
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