25 May
2005
25 May
'05
3:08 p.m.
> its really driving up the price of stuff
unnecessarily.
Al replied:
This (dkdkk, ed sharpe, sassyscottie, et al.) has
started to
scan. [...] It makes me fee really great to be giving this stuff
away too, after having paid through the nose for it.
Well, I can testify that I appreciate it being available for free.
I have to wonder: is the availability for so much old documentation for
free:
1. Driving down E-bay prices for documentation because so many similar
things are available for free?
2. Driving up E-bay prices for documentation because so many are
"hooked" into the hobby by the bitsavers archive?
3. Driving up E-bay prices for physical items because appropriate
documentation is available for free at bitsavers?
It's one thing to be a small player in the market, it's another to
try to figure out what your big moves do to the market!
Tim.