In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Thomas Fernandez [TF] wrote:'
TF> Rit's alternative would have to be to discontinue student TF> discounts, so you don't need to feel singled out. It is your TF> choice to shut this door for people who do not mind singling TF> themselves out by applying for this student discount. I thought I'd finished with this thread but I had to make you know that this comment is again pretty ridiculous. I'd really be interested to know why they offer student discounts. I'd think it's the same reason as any other company that offers them, i.e., good business reasoning. The business is happy in that they sell more licenses and the customer is happy in that they get to benefit from the software and yet, they're more financially challenged for good reason (they're still going to school). Many businesses feel that people involved in Education should be given a discount as a sort of privilege. Whether or not this is fair is another argument and besides the point ... another thread. I think the real reason is that they'd likely not have sold as many licenses if they didn't reduce the fees and they have a good reason to sell licenses at a reduced rate to hang on to. That makes everyone happy and not feel unfairly treated. It makes for good, noble PR. <g> It is an investment in which they have *nothing* to lose and all to gain. I wager then that it has nothing to do with the X-Mailer headers. I frankly have a problem with the (Personal) in the standard header license as well. I don't see it any differently. I feel potentially classified. I removed only that part of my X-Mailer header, long before removing the entire header because of the unwieldy anti-spam measures that some ISP's have taken. I just didn't like my license type being 'broadcasted'. Call me irrational. I doubt that I'm breaching an agreement as well since there's nothing in the licensing agreement that mentions that I can't alter or remove the X-Mailer header from my messages. BTW, I just tried Poco yesterday and TB! is the best e-mail client out there. :) -- Allie C Martin \ TB! v1.62/Beta7 & WinXP Pro (SP1) List Moderator / PGP Key - http://pub-key.ac-martin.com ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
