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Skriven 2005-03-26 23:01:03 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
   Kommentar till text 8358 av SHANNON TALLEY (1:275/311)
Ärende: FidoNews 22:12 [02/06]: General Articles
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Hello SHANNON,

26 Mar 2005 15:06, SHANNON TALLEY wrote to MICHIEL VAN DER VLIST:

 ST> Michiel,

 >> I do not make people believe anything. I am just saying that /to 
 >> me/ they look an awfull lot alike. In fact when I first saw the dog
 >> with the CD I thought is

 ST> The dogs are different, in slightly different poses, different 
 ST> things in their mouth, different colors,

A dog is a dog is a dog. And the Compact Disk is just a more modern version of
the magentic disk.  

 ST> heck -- it looks nothing like TJ's original dog with a disk

It looks an awfull lot like the original: a dog with a data disk in its mouth.
 
 ST> My site is named after "Fido", i.e. Dogs.

And so is FidoNet..

 ST> I love dogs and I help rescue dogs from batter homes, homeless
 ST> dogs, etc.  

A cause I would certainly support, I have done my share of animal welfare too,
but that does nor change the fact that your logo looks an awful lot like TJ's.

 >> ST> This is really important too because it assists with the
 >> ST> cost recovery aspect of running the BBS.

 >> Hmmm... we take a dim view on cost recovery here...

 ST> What do you guys to do a BBS Sysop that does cost recovery of some kind? 

Nothing...

 ST> Here in Zone 1, we don't do anything to them.  We let them run 
 ST> their BBS however they would like to.

Same here. We don't do anything to people trying to sell sand in the desert... 

 >> Thanks, but no thanks. Evemn if I wanted one of your T shirts, the 
 >> cost of shipping would make it an unattractive deal. And why should 
 >> I sponsor your BBS? I can have my own if I want to!

 ST> That's certainly true about shipping costs.  I wouldn't have any 
 ST> idea how much it would be,

You should have some idea, you are advertising your products on a globa medium.

 ST> but I'm sure it would be high.  However, where else can 
 ST> you can an authentic FidoTel shirt or Coffee mug?  They are 
 ST> collectors items ya know..:)

My garage is full of collectors items...

 >> It is your hobby, why should your users pay for it?

 ST> Why not? 

Because it is /your/ hobby. Would you pay for the grass because my hobby is
gardening?
 
 ST> Users aren't required to give anything.  However, if they feel so 
 ST> inclined as to provide a donation from the link I have within 
 ST> the BBS on the main menu or purchase something in the store, that 
 ST> provides them with more door registrations, games, Email upgrades and 
 ST> features.

If the suckers want to pay for what they can get for free elsewhere that is
their choice.
  
 ST> I'm a single parent with a low paying job (which I love) and a 
 ST> full time collage student.

We all have our problems...
 
 ST> I need all the funds I can get.

Who doesn't?  

 ST> Besides, my cost recovery plan has afforded me the following hardware 
 ST> over the last 2 months:  2 brand new dual Athlon FX-55 computers. 
 ST> One of which has a hauppage capture card (250), ATI 9800 
 ST> (256ram).  Both machines have 4 gigs ram, and four 200gig WD 
 ST> SATA HD's -- 2 of which are configured in a RAID. The cost was
 ST> high, but I was "zero" dollars out of pocket.  Cost recovery is
 ST> 'nice'... :)

So is winning the lottery...



Cheers, Michiel

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