Re: [NTLK] Bible on Newt [was NIV]

From: Thomas Cherry (jceaser_at_mac.com)
Date: Mon Feb 11 2002 - 10:19:35 EST


That is probable what happened. At some point, all Newton products will go
away. You have to admire them for sticking with us this long.

on 2/11/02 10:13 AM, Eric L. Strobel at fyzycyst_at_home.com wrote:

> Actually, I thought the issue was that Fodor (sp?) stopped offering the Newt
> package containing the NIV. Don't they still offer it for the Palm? It
> sounded to me more like they simply got rid of all their Newt operations
> and, since the RSV and KJV are public domain, it costs them nothing to
> simply leave them online, available as-is. With the NIV, though, they can't
> do that, because of the copyright issue. They made a business decision that
> they can't sustain the mechanics of continuing to offer it for sale when
> there's admittedly only a handful of folks who might be buying it.
>
> I'm not sure I understand why it can't be sold robotically, but anyway,
> that's my understanding of the situation.
>
> - Eric.

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