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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

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