Re: UKNM: Subscriptions

[Stefan Magdalinski]

Andy Proyer wrote:

> 

> > -----Original Message-----

>

> From: ownerchinwag [dot] com

>

> [ownerchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:ownerchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Felix

> > Velarde

> 

> > It is on the shoulders of your friends the

> > techies that you and your

> > company stand, Andy;

> 

> Er, not true, actually, but I'll let it go on this occasion.

> 

> > Your average FreeServe customer is what we want -

> > the net is about

> > true democracy and freedom of expression -

> > enfranchising and

> > empowering the individual - we like it if we can

> > get you started on

> > this journey at no cost.

> 

> My post was more tongue-in-cheek than most took it, but I

> believe there was an element of truth in it.

> 

> You personally may enjoy the democracy that the likes of

> Freeserve provide, but elsewhere there is snobbery against

> people with freeserve and many other 'free' accounts (not to

> mention aol.com). In fact there is an enormous amount of

> snobbery and derision from those who see themselves as

> technically superior.

> 

> And without wanting to get into a completely new argument,

> the more that the techies believe that "it is on the

> shoulders of the techies that the company stands" then the

> more snobbish and derisive they will become.

> 


you sound like someone from the marketing department who hates the

techies for making you feel stupid on an *hourly* basis.


tread carefully,


stefan


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