The seven years enforces the argument, not weakens it. I did not propose litigation. I stated I think litigation could be successful in my opinion. Also, WS_FTP has not been discontinued and put into a suite of products at ten times the costs. So none of these things apply.
-- Roger Heath [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rleeheath.com ----- Copy of Original Message(s): ----- JC> So we have been baited for seven years?? And now the ol' Ipswitch-a-roo??? I JC> know there is a lot of anger, frustration, etc., but the talk of legal JC> action is a waste of bandwidth. I'm not happy either, but am not about to JC> spend 10's of thousands to end up with (as someone said yesterday) a coupon JC> for an Ipswitch product (probably WS-FTP LE! - I'm sure they have some old JC> diskettes of that in a drawer someplace). JC> John JC> -----Original Message----- JC> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JC> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R. Lee Heath JC> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 10:37 AM JC> To: Sean Fahey JC> Subject: Re[2]: [Declude.JunkMail] Declude and Ipswitch ICS JC> Funny but sadly true. JC> Definition: "A sales tactic in which a bargain-priced item is used to JC> attract customers who are then encouraged to purchase a more expensive JC> similar item." JC> This is a punishable legal offense. I do think there is very clearly a JC> basis for action against Ipswitch here. I do think that the efficacy JC> of a lawsuit would be quite good, particularly a class action JC> involving lots of abused customers. I think a Federal judge's opinion JC> would land on the side of Imail users. That's just my own personal JC> opinion, but I have spent millions in legal fees regarding my more JC> than 30 patents. JC> I think the definition above says a lot about what is happening here. JC> -- JC> Roger Heath JC> [EMAIL PROTECTED] JC> www.rleeheath.com JC> ----- Copy of Original Message(s): ----- SF>> So, you're saying this is an example of "bait and Ipswitch?" JC> --- JC> [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus JC> (http://www.declude.com)] JC> --- JC> This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To JC> unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and JC> type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found JC> at http://www.mail-archive.com. JC> --- JC> [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] JC> --- JC> This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To JC> unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and JC> type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found JC> at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.