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6 Aug 2024 12:28:15 EDT (-0400)
  Re: please...  
From: Bill DeWitt
Date: 19 Mar 2002 03:47:21
Message: <3c96fb19$1@news.povray.org>

>
> Very interesting how many people feel personally insulted when asking
about
> pricing policy. :-)

    Because you didn't ask about pricing policy, you asked to what degree
the development team was going to sell out their principles next time
around. The subject "How much will Povray cost?" is an insult to those
people who have worked hard both to keep Povray free and to honor the idea
of freeware. It assumes that they will fail, and that soon. You could have
said "Will Povray cost?" and it might have been seen as just an honest
question, but no... you had to load it up with assumptions and emotionally
laden adjectives.

    You deserved what you got (which was mostly polite) and probably more.


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