---- Original Message ----
From: "Joshua Johnston" <flagg_at_midmaine.com>
To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: [NTLK] [ANN] ATA Support 1.0b13
> Unfortunately, it looks like Paul is going for the die-hard
> pay-any-price type, instead of really contributing to the Newton
> community. I'm sorry, but $50 for a product that'll only be truly
> -useful- to a small fraction of a percentage of the Newton community is
> price gouging, particularly when it could be a lot more useful to a lot
> more people, simply by lowering the price significantly. At $10 like
> Hiroshi's wireless driver, the ATA driver could become ubiquitous. A
> real contribution to the community.
>
> As was earlier mentioned, the price parity point between linear flash
> and ATA flash is the 128M storage point. How many Newton users have the
> desire to keep over 32M of storage, let alone 64 or 128+? At $10 or
> even $25, I'd consider getting the driver as a way to support the
> community even if I didn't need it. At $50, that's just gouging.
I'm on Paul's side on this one. Yea, 50 EUR is a lot of money, but he's
been busting his hump to make it so that he Newton community never has to
worry about finding Linear Flash cards again. I don't use my Newtons much
these days but if I do I'll be paying the 75 EUR reg fee so I can use his
driver on *any* of my Newts.
If you don't feel you want to spend the money, fine - don't. But developers
can charge whatever the heck they want. And if the community feels it's
worth the money, they'll pay for it. It's that simple.
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