If they allowed joining for a month or three, you could download those=20
commercial apps they've shelled out the fees for and they'd take a loss o=
n=20
it.  A year's silver membership covers the majority of the commercial app=
s=20
you're likely to download.  StarOffice alone eats up over $70 of the $120=
,=20
leaving them with less than a standard member's dues for the year ($60). =
 I'm=20
sure they get some high volume deal from Sun, but it still eats into the =
$120=20
you pay for silver.

On Wednesday 29 January 2003 05:44 pm, technomage wrote:
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> tat isn't my point..
>
> I'd like to have an "affordable" solution to getting apps that aren't
> included on the standard downloads edition. I wouldn't mind paying out =
$20
> or $30 for a short term subscription (like 2 or 3 months) but to have t=
o
> pay for a year at $200+?
>
> if they made it a bit less price intensive, or offered short subscripti=
on
> terms, they wouldn't be having such a problem with their club as it is.=
=2E
>
> Technomage
>
> On Wednesday 29 January 2003 05:26 pm, you wrote:
> > On Wednesday 29 January 2003 05:12 pm, technomage wrote:
> > > I don't have a problem with their club per se. its the prices they
> > > charge for it that I have a concern with... I don't have that kind =
of
> > > cash to be paying out at once for a year subscription!
> >
> > Then don't. Nobody forces you to join their club.
> >
> > I do have the cash, so I don't have a problem with it.
>
> - --
> I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or
> numbered!
> My life is my own - No. 6
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