On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Brandon Stewart wrote:

> Hey, what a rip off.  Boot loaders are free, and its not hard for people to
> find a pre-burned chip with one for a lot cheaper!  Also, This list is not
> here for commercial purposes or your own financial gain!

First off, the value of a product or service is whatever people are
willing to pay for it.  I'm sure Mr. Rubin will be able to find customers
for his products.  Not all bootloaders are free, and you will find similar
packages sold by many individuals and companies.  If Mr. Rubin has
bootloader code and documentation that he created, he's perfectly able to
set a price on that code and documentation, along with whatever else is
included in the kit.

Second, if you will notice, Mr. Rubin properly tagged his message using
the [AD]: topic tag.  Any list member is free to advertise PIC related
products or services, within reason, as long as the message is properly
tagged.  If you do not wish to see these messages, I suggest you visit the
PICList web site at http://www.piclist.com/ and read up on topic tag
filtering; you can have the list server not deliver these messages to you.
In any case, please refrain from complaining onm the list, it wastes
bandwidth and people's time.  If you have a problem with a message posted
to the list and feel compelled to complain, do it via private email to the
poster or the list admins.

Thanks.

Dale Botkin
PICList ADmin

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