On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 18:48 -0700, Owen DeLong wrote: > Uh, no... You're misreading it.
Yes - I read the ISP bit, not the end user bit. > It cost me $625 (or possibly less) one-time when I first got it. That was with the waivers in force. It will soon cost a one-time US $1250. We could argue till the cows come home about what proportion of the population would consider that "prohibitive" but I'm guessing that even in the USA that's a heck of an entry fee, and that the vast majority of non-corporate end users will not be willing to pay it. Which is the actual point, rather than quibbling about the precise price. > I bet you spend more than [US$100] at Starbucks each year. You lose! The nearest Starbucks to me[1] is approximately 700km distant :-) Please transfer AUS$4175 immediately, bank details under separate cover :-) Regards, K. [1] According to the online Starbucks store locator... -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer (ka...@biplane.com.au) +61-2-64957160 (h) http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer/ +61-428-957160 (mob) GPG fingerprint: B386 7819 B227 2961 8301 C5A9 2EBC 754B CD97 0156 Old fingerprint: 07F3 1DF9 9D45 8BCD 7DD5 00CE 4A44 6A03 F43A 7DEF
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