Re: Your input on the MetaCard stack contest
Craig Hollabaugh (starnet!apple!monique.adgrp.gatech.edu!holla)
Fri, 19 Nov 93 13:44:19 EST
At 8:20 AM 11/19/93 -0800, Steve Pothier wrote:
> At 8:16 PM 11/17/93 -0800, M.Greenhalgh wrote:
> >Licensing breaks are a very good idea.
>
> Not to be snotty but who wants to win a contest for a license for a product
> that you already have. The people who might want a free license are the
> people who can't save their stacks. If you know what I mean.
>
>My comment was referreing to the motivation for an ORGANIZATION not
>and INDIVIDUAL.
>
>To answer your question: By "Licensing break", I meant some sort of
>reduction on price for redistribution. For instance, my company might
>be interested in the contest if the could be allowed to package full
>MC licenses with our product for $75 a shot.
That gets complicated when big organizations are involved. Metacard is in
business to stay in business. I don't think they want to sell Metacard at a
reduced price to everybody at a university because of it's students won the
contest. (Although that would be nice, it's unfair)
However, another solution might be a free license that you could give away
as a gift. LIke to your boss, letting him see the really cool things his
smart employee is capable of. Then maybe he'll leave you alone and let you
have more time for scripting.
Just blabbing now...
craig
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Dr. Craig Hollabaugh
Analog Microelectronics, Georgia Institute of Technology
holla@monique.adgrp.gatech.edu (404) 873-5693