[WriteLog] Re: Returned mail: see transcript for details

[W0UN -- John Brosnahan]

Hi, Wayne--

Sorry to use the reflector to let you know this--but when I sent
you this message personally your IP decided that I did not
exist--or at least my domain did not exist.

Well,   swtexas.net   does exist and is the domain of the Southwest
Texas Telephone, the company who brought me DSL to my great
joy.  But it is a relatively new (year old or so) domain I guess.

The amazing thing is that the 38-employee phone company
brought DSL an extra 8 miles just to give TWO of us a high-speed
connection.  Talk about service.

73--John   W0UN


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>Wayne--
>
>I certainly appreciate your annoyance but please don't pull a
>"Beezley" and blow off viable products and valuable customers
>as Brian, K6STI, did when he got upset with piracy.
>
>If every store that experienced an incident of shop-lifting
>were to close then there would be nowhere to buy anything!
>
>Some theft (unfortunately) is the price we, as a society, pay
>because there are thieves amongst us.  To react as Brian did
>(in my opinion) is to let them win.  Businesses do what they
>can to protect their property, adjust prices to accommodate
>pilferage, and live with it as best they can.
>
>The best thing to do is to set a fair price for a product since
>most people will gladly pay to support a product with value.
>In the case of software ripoffs those are (mostly) not lost
>sales since the thieves would not have purchased the product
>anyway.
>
>I think you need to not get too upset over this--not so that the
>thieves can win, but rather for your own health!  When Acom
>ripped Alpha/Power off by violating their contract with us,
>stealing the technology, and going into competition with us
>I was pretty upset--almost as upset as Dick Ehrhorn was.
>
>Three years later I was in the hospital having open-heart
>surgery for an aortic valve problem.  Possibly caused by
>untreated high-blood pressure from the stresses due to
>the Acom issue among other things, according to the
>cardiologist.
>
>Just do what you need to do to protect your livelihood, but
>don't let the problems get to you to the point of hurting your
>health.
>
>Advice from someone who has been there!    ;-)
>
>73--John   W0UN

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