Lance,

Don't worry about it! I for one *Don't Mind* getting PIC related
"adds" like your surplus.txt. Saved me the trouble of FTPing it.
And I don't think you guys are two-faced. You made it clear. Schools get
it free, the rest of us can pick up some stuff cheap. Sounds good to me.


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* --jorge * That which does not kill us, makes us strong. Nietzsche.*
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On Sun, 5 Feb 1995, Lance Walley wrote:

> Oh, my!  I really have blown it...
>
> I apologize profusely for posting our surplus.txt file to the list.  I did
> post a short message about the text file, and asked interested parties to
> ftp it from our site.  I also sent complete copies of the text file to
> those who had already shown interest.  What I didn't check carefully was
> that some of those people had the list address as their return address.
> Although I seem to stumble over the commercial line now and then, even I
> wouldn't expect everyone to accept a multi-page posting such as that.
>
> When I came in Sunday morning and found several "duplicate" messages
> returned by the listserver, I knew I'd done something wrong.  And I had
> just learned how to make a multiple-recipient nickname - Darn!.
>
> One member felt that we were two-faced, first offering the tools free to
> educators, then deciding to hold off until April 1st to have a "sale."
> Actually, the sale idea was instituted before the give-away idea, as some
> will see in ads next month.  We do have money tied up in these tools, and
> we must recoup what we can.  However, the interest from schools has been
> much stronger than paying customers.  In the end, I think most of the
> inventory (70%-80%) will indeed go to schools and other non-profit
> entities.
>
> I'll expect some flaming  :(...
>
>
> ------------------------  Lance Walley  ---------------------------
>                           Parallax, Inc.
>