PaulKurtz III7/18/02 12:02 [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Shame on you Apple. :P >>> >> >> I don't remember reading that??? If that was actually a press release, then >> Apple could very well get sued for it. >>
I've just completed a fairly thorough search of the doc. archives for announcements and press releases about idisk and mac.com mail service, etc. There were quite a few docs, some pertained to the set-up and how it would work. I read through as many and I could find, and while I certainly could have missed it, I did not see any archived doc. that mentioned the email feature being "free for life". If Jobs said that, which I'm not doubting here, I just don't know if he did or not and haven't seen the quote personally, perhaps he was referring to "the life of the mac.com program." If they are not going to continue the program in it's present form, then it's life is over and a new program will evolve. As I see it, they have done their best to provide free service for as long as they could, it didn't work or it wasn't functioning in the form that they used. I read so many posts on here and other lists about how users wanted this upgrade and that upgrade and weren't happy about one feature or another, well, honestly, can you expect a company to make all of the upgrades that people were demanding and still keep it free? That's just not a realistic expectation. If it was to remain a very simple email drop box which was what it was intended to be, then that would be fine. No one was satisfied with that, and wanted it to be more on the level with other fee-based providers on the market. I read comparisons all the time with folks wishing mac.com would do what this provider or that provider would do. Well, now it will. But it won't be free any longer. I don't understand what is so difficult to comprehend about that. You'll be getting many of the features of a level 1 provider, not a level 3 or 4 drop box system, but for that, you are going to have to pay a fee. Like the old saying goes, "Be careful for what you wish, you might just get it". Well, lots of users wanted it upgraded and more powerful with higher storage capacity more filtering and control features and apparently they are going to get those features and more. It's just not going to be offered free any longer nor should it be. Times are tough in that industry right now, and they will unfortunately get much tougher before all of this turns around in a few years. Expect to see a lot of the "freebie" stuff everywhere start to get pulled or nominal fees be charged. Bandwidth is just too damned expensive and it's not going down in price. Companies have got to survive, and the high flying 90's are over, thank God! Aloha, Ron Ward G List Nanny Austin, TX -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
