From: LSBUMGAR@vax1.acs.jmu.edu (lee s. bumgarner) Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet Subject: [alt.usenet.kooks, ...] .sigs for sale Date: 20 Feb 1995 22:33:34 -0700From: garrett@cs.unc.edu (Bill Garrett) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan,alt.religion.kibology,misc.forsale .computers.other.misc,alt.usenet.kooks Subject: .Sigs for Sale or Rent! Date: 15 Feb 1995 18:52:04 GMT
erica@cc.gatech.edu (Erica Sadun) writes: } Bill Garrett <garrett@cs.unc.edu> wrote: } >MZAPPALA@news.delphi.com (MZAPPALA@DELPHI.COM) writes: } >} hey how do I get my own sig?????? } } >I have a few dozen, including several with Bill Garrett original quotes. } >I'll rent you one for the low fee of $1 per use. } } Who the hell do you think you are? Unisys?
Actually, no, but here's the price schedule I'd set if I were other (in)famous companies:
IBM: $100 per month for the basic sig, $150 for words properly capitalized, and $300 per month for all-caps.
Microsoft: $75 for the sig, $15 royalty fee for anything built with it or made in its likeness.
AT&T: $5/use basic fee, reduced 20% weeknights between 5 and 11, and 40% all day Saturday and Sunday until 5.
MCI: $4.98/use basic fee (WE'RE CHEAPER THAN AT&T!!), 50% off when you use it only to send email to people who are also MCI customers.
FSF: It's free, as long as you don't package it for commercial profit, and send me a copy of any changes you make.
Any Defense Contractor: $2 billion each, plus an amount to be named later if you actually want them to work.
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