"Various forms of this e-mail" . . .

[Shari]

>I agree that the old method had its own merits, but a case in which 
>it's described as empowering someone to perform work without ever 
>paying for it doesn't provide strong support for that argument.

Actually it was the old method that sold me on Metacard.  I 
downloaded the freebie version and fully intended to do something 
with it.  But the 10 line limit or whatever it was really hindered me 
in a big way.  No doubt others could create nifty things with the 
limit, but the sorts of things I was creating just didn't flow well 
that way.  Sure I created a gazillion dinky handlers but....

In the end I bought a license :-)

Shari
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