Date   : Mon, 27 Sep 1982 23:08:00-EDT
From   : Leor Zolman <LEOR@Mit-Mc>
Subject: Policy note to BDS C aficionados

For the past three years, Lifeboat has been the exclusive distributor of
BDS C. This will not be true for more than a few days longer; a new
NON-exclusive contract has been negotiated, and should be signed all around
very shortly. Therefore, BDS C will soon be purchasable from the C User's
Group (Robert Ward, et. al. in Kansas) and other distributors. I don't
mean this as an advertisement, though; I just want all those people who've
refused to have anything to do with Lifeboat yet desire BDS C to know that
soon there'll be a way to buy it without making Lifeboat a cent.

Some months ago I received a call from some guy who admitted to having a 
bootleg BDS C, who wanted to pay me for it but refused to buy anything
from Lifeboat. The number of customer-service related horror stories I've
been sent from irate Lifeboat customers is also pretty staggering. I
hope the word gets around that there are going to be other sources for
the package! Lifeboat will still be carrying it, but buying it from
the User's Group will make the Group have money to play with for neat
things like remote software-snarfing systems. RBBS operators: pass the
word! thanks,  
       -leor