Re: Bad News for UK PBM players

From: echack@crl.com (Edmund C. Hack)

Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0000

In article <DLstBz.IIx@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>,
Greg Lindahl <gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU> wrote:
>In article <4e8fr0$rlp@crl.crl.com>, Edmund C. Hack <echack@crl.com> wrote:
>
>>Greg has, IMHO, a bias against PBM games with fees. That is his right,
>>and there certainly are good games available for free on the Internet,
>>but his bias is there.
>>
>>Me, I'm biased towards _good games_.
>
>If there were 2 great games from 2 companies, which one would you
>play: the game offered by the company which can survive a month
>downtime, or the game offered by a company which cannot? Especially
>when you live in a country which has postal strikes, it's important
>that you have sufficient capital.
>
Well, how can I know who has the capital to keep going? CPA statements?

In any case, even big companies with huge cash reserves can't ride out
supply stoppages. If a steel strike was to hit the US, the automakers
would shut down and lay off staff as soon as the supply of steel
was used up. I work for a Fortune 10 company, and if my contract was to
get cut off, I'd be out of work the next day. I know from examining the
balance sheets in the annual reports that they have enough cash to keep us
going for a while, but they won't do it.

>If that's your idea of bias against all games with fees, well, what
>can I say?
>
I think that it is fair to say the you _do_ have a bias against games
with fees - it shows in your posts and the FAQ. It is not a bad thing - I
am biased towards games _with_ fees as I feel that there is more
stability in those games.

--
Edmund Hack  \  "But maybe he's only a little crazy -
echack@crl.com \  like painters - or composers - or some of those
Houston, TX      \  men in Washington." - _Miracle on 34th St._, 1947

References

Bad News for UK PBM players
kebl0110@sable.ox.ac.uk (Chris Dickson)
Mon, 15 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Bad News for UK PBM players
llucky@crl.com (Bob Thomson)
Thu, 25 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Bad News for UK PBM players
echack@crl.com (Edmund C. Hack)
Thu, 25 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Bad News for UK PBM players
gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Fri, 26 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0000