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     Dear Sirs:

      I like some of your programs.  Is there some way to put good ones
      on one disk and leave out the murder games?  I want NO games on
      my disks!  Please keep the games and stories for others.  I am
      all business.

                         S. Roach
                         Hamburg, PA

     ^1Dear Mr. Roach:

     ^1Please try to remember that Big Blue Disk is a magazine on disk!
     ^1Would you write "Time" to tell them that some of their stories
     ^1don't interest you and they had better change?  Would you
     ^1write "PC World" and announce that all Windows 3.0 coverage must
     ^1end because you are all DOS?

     ^1We are in the position of trying to fill tens of thousands of
     ^1user's needs every month.  For every letter we get that says,
     ^1"No games!" we get a letter that says, "No business applications."
     ^1We strive to strike a balance of the different programs over the
     ^1course of a user's subscription.  It's not an easy job, but
     ^1someone has to do it!

                                   ^1Editor
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     Dear Big Blue Disk:

      The last few disks have yielded only a few good games.  Why
      would you want to litter your disks with checking account and
      credit card programs?  I bought Big Blue Disk for the games, and 
      I hope you'll be able to supply me with them in the future.

                         D. Linderman
                         Baily, CO

     ^1We just can't win!

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     Dear Editor:

      Just a line to thank you for something you, and Lotus, I'm sure
      didn't anticipate.  On issue 42 you gave us the Magellan Demo,
      with what was to be a full function Magellan program that we
      could use five times after installed.  I did install it, used it
      and found it to be very useful, but low and behold my five demos
      were done.

      I don't know why but I put issue 42 back into my computer and
      installed the demo again--what do you know five more demos.  I
      am now using Magellan for the 21st time.  I'm sure this isn't
      what you had in mind.  Thank you for what looks like a permanent
      fully functional Lotus Magellan.

                         Ken McGregor
                         Newton Falls, OH


     ^1Dear Mr. McGregor:

     ^1You've found a hole in the system, but don't expect to be
     ^1congratulated for it.  Normally a user who liked the program
     ^1demoed would purchase the program.  The action of buying the
     ^1program sends a message to the developer; the practice of
     ^1providing demos to potential customers is a valid way to make
     ^1sales.  It gives the users a chance to "try before they buy" and
     ^1the company exposure in a way regular magazine ads can't provide.

     ^1The down-side to your twisted little excursion into the
     ^1unethical is the message being sent to the developer.  I read
     ^1this message as "I tried before I bought, I liked the program
     ^1so much that I will use it daily but I'm not planning on sending
     ^1you a cent!"  Lotus, upon receipt of this message will think
     ^1twice before giving new users a chance demo their programs.

     ^1"Fool them once, shame on you.  Fool them twice, shame on Lotus!"


                                   ^1Editor
