Author: Will Singleton
Date: 11:15:28 08/25/04
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On August 25, 2004 at 13:22:36, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On August 25, 2004 at 12:28:08, Will Singleton wrote: > >>>How to solve this is a problem. Pay for access will probably be the death knell >>>as only a few dedicated types will pay. And it will waste away over time. >> >> >>Don't forget, the fact of the matter is that paid access is now the only option >>for an ICD CCC. CCC will either become a pay service in some form, or it will >>not exist on ICD. >> >>I think we owe a lot to Steve and ICD. Before we go off and create alternative >>servers, let's give his new paid service a chance to work. We all owe him that >>much, and more. >> >>There can be many benefits to a paid service. New features can be added, fake >>posters eliminated, perhaps new forum software; many things become possible if >>there's an economic incentive. >> >>We all need to show our support for ICD. A successful paid CCC can help their >>business at this critical time. >> >>Will > >I would have no problem paying. But it will cause CCC to shrink and die over >time as the new blood we need will shy away from paid subsription services. > >I'm looking at this long-term, and for-pay is not going to work. You may well be right, but my point is that we should give it a chance. It certainly has less chance of success if you open up a competing server at this time.
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