From ... Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-01!supernews.com!newsfeed.axxsys.net!nntp.abs.net!newsfeed.mathworks.com!EU.net!Norway.EU.net!127.0.0.1!nobody From: Erik Naggum Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Allegro CL 6.0 Trial Edition Date: 30 Oct 2000 09:46:36 +0000 Organization: Naggum Software; vox: +47 800 35477; gsm: +47 93 256 360; fax: +47 93 270 868; http://naggum.no; http://naggum.net Lines: 31 Message-ID: <3181887996642356@naggum.net> References: <39fac869_1@goliath.newsfeeds.com> <8thaau$mlucm$1@ID-22205.news.dfncis.de> <8theek$1n8$1@bob.news.rcn.net> <8tiaie$n1stm$1@ID-22205.news.dfncis.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: oslo-nntp.eunet.no 972900906 7337 195.0.192.66 (30 Oct 2000 10:15:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@eunet.no NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 Oct 2000 10:15:06 GMT mail-copies-to: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.7 Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.lisp:2874 * Mike McDonald | Why were you surprised? I'd have been surprised if you sold more | than a half dozen. $500+ is a lot of money for most students to pay | for a discretionary expense. $500 last a long time at IHOP's all | you can eat pancake special! Well, if you stay away from drugs, alcohol, tobacco, junk food, soft drinks, and "unexpected" pregnancies and actually spend your time and money on studying, $500 is _not_ a lot of money to invest in your future. Not that asceticism is necessarily a virtue (note that I did not exclude the #1 favorite extracurricular activity, only its most undesirable result :), but all the "poor" students I know spent a _lot_ more money on such stupid things than anyone would recommend so I have very little sympathy for the plight of "poor" students, just like I never give a penny to beggars who smoke. But it might be fun to see if a special discount for Student Edition Lispers at IHOP would help sales. Seriously, I think it would help if students could pay for their licenses over several years, say three, instead of all of it in one fell swoop. It would mean a much lower entry fee and probably a more stable relationship with the student. With maintenance fees at 25%, three years of $250 each would match one year of $500 and two years of $125. Would our IHOP all-you-can-eat-special student buy that? :) #:Erik -- Does anyone remember where I parked Air Force One? -- George W. Bush