Losing the amateur.

[J. Landman Gay]

On 11/2/03 10:25 PM, Dr.John R.Vokey wrote:

> Ken,
>   I think you (and many others) have missed the point.  Before RR, I (or 
> you, or anyone else) could, and did, routinely provide stacks and the 
> url for metacard so that the users of these stacks could, indeed, use 
> them.  No standalones.  No need for them to purchase the engine (however 
> ``reasonable''---give me a break--US$75 for the minimum?)--and no need 
> to download a net-tested, 30-day ``demo''.
> 
> I have used, paid for, and promoted metacard for years (ask Scott Raney, 
> if he agrees, to provide his records), and served as a beta-tester for 
> RR; this RR attitude is *not* consistent with what Scott Raney and the 
> MC team used to support.  *If* a free---no network checked, 30-day 
> ``demo''---of MC (i.e., an ``engine to run the stacks) were still (and 
> always) freely available, I would be less concerned, but don't you (or 
> Gay, or ...) defend the current model as ``reasonable'' as if that were 
> the issue.  It is fundamentally different.  And, I believe, contrary to 
> what most of us supporting and promoting MC over the years thought we 
> were supporting and promoting.  Like Ryno Swart, ``I am just a bit 
> disappointed.''  Forget that: I am totally disappointed.

Um. There is nothing preventing anyone from creating a one-card 
standalone and making it available for free as a player.

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