[X4U] Eudora upgrades (was Re: X4U Digest, Vol 14, Issue 63

[Ted Burton]

At 8:26 AM -0400 on 10/25/05, Peter Saint James spoke about Re: [X4U] 
Eudora upgrades (was Re: X4U Digest, Vol 14, Issu thusly:

>  >> Alas no.  My version of Eudora is 6.2.3 sponsored with 
>>>  advertising. The upgrade is a paid for upgrade as there is no 
>>>  advertising.   I guess that even software developers have to eat!

My 6.2.3 is paid and advertising free. I seem to recall Qualcomm made 
the subscription annual, rather than version-connected.

>              What people don't realize, however, is that it changes 
>the relationship between the user and developer.  It also changes 
>the motivation of the developer.
>
>Instead of the user being the client, the advertiser is the client. 
>The user is just the exploitee.  Instead of developers working to 
>please the users, they work to please the advertisers. Instead of 
>striving to develop an excellent product, they strive to maximize 
>theadvertising income.

I am not sure how that principle (which assuredly can affect a TV 
network), would apply to an e-mail client. An e-mail client is 
content-free. The only way an e-mail app coder can please the 
advertiser is by increasing the number of persons using the app. 
There's nothing Eudora can do to offend the advertiser other than 
crash or fail to penetrate market. Possibly I overlooked some other 
point of pleasure/pain for the advertiser, and if so enlighten me.
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