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   REPLY: 1:18/200@fidonet 63c32ebb   
   On 09 Apr 23  20:18:38, Sean Dennis said the following to Jas Hud:   
      
   SD>  JH> not only can we not get people to pay for subscriptions for our bbses,   
   SD>  JH> over the years i have seen systems that were not successful in doing   
   SD>  JH> cash prizes and other gifts to get users to call.   
   SD>    
   SD> Like how nearly every MBBS system in the 90s charged a subscription because   
   SD> the software was so expensive?   
      
   This is true.. If you bought either MBBS or TBBS it was an investment that    
   you wanted recouped. I never once saw a totally "free" one of those systems    
   until much later, when the novelty wore off.   
      
   Nick   
      
   --- Renegade vY2Ka2   
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