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		<title>By: Tara</title>
		<link>http://passpack.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/get-upgraded-free-for-now/#comment-9284</link>
		<dc:creator>Tara</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Jack R.
While I can understand your concerns, I have to draw a hard line here:

Passpack has NO plans of ignoring our free users. Actually, &lt;a href="http://passpack.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/passpacks-profit-model/" rel="nofollow"&gt;we expect them to make up 97% of our userbase&lt;/a&gt; -- no company in their right mind would ignore 97% of their users.

Thats our business model. &lt;a href="http://passpack.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/passpack-is-growing-with-the-help-of-zmv/" rel="nofollow"&gt;We've recently been funded based on that model&lt;/a&gt; and trust me - my investors wouldn't the rules getting changed post-investment. We're in this for the long haul.

Running a high security business like Passpack requires income. We don't plan on milking that out of anyone, rather we prefer to earn it by offering specific things to specific people via (optional) paid packages.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Jack R.<br />
While I can understand your concerns, I have to draw a hard line here:</p>
<p>Passpack has NO plans of ignoring our free users. Actually, <a href="http://passpack.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/passpacks-profit-model/" rel="nofollow">we expect them to make up 97% of our userbase</a> &#8212; no company in their right mind would ignore 97% of their users.</p>
<p>Thats our business model. <a href="http://passpack.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/passpack-is-growing-with-the-help-of-zmv/" rel="nofollow">We&#8217;ve recently been funded based on that model</a> and trust me - my investors wouldn&#8217;t the rules getting changed post-investment. We&#8217;re in this for the long haul.</p>
<p>Running a high security business like Passpack requires income. We don&#8217;t plan on milking that out of anyone, rather we prefer to earn it by offering specific things to specific people via (optional) paid packages.</p>
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		<title>By: Jack R.</title>
		<link>http://passpack.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/get-upgraded-free-for-now/#comment-9283</link>
		<dc:creator>Jack R.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I hate when this happens to companies; they start out well, with excellent ideas. As the software gets more popular, then they start charging, then they start adding more and more paid features (ignoring the free users), then they become entirely paid, with a "30 day free trial".

By then, the company is bought by a multinational and the service or software becomes not a product designed to help the population, but instead a means to make money.

Don't believe me? Take Skype, CoverFlow, and Hotmail as an example.

I was starting to get hopeful with Passpack...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I hate when this happens to companies; they start out well, with excellent ideas. As the software gets more popular, then they start charging, then they start adding more and more paid features (ignoring the free users), then they become entirely paid, with a &#8220;30 day free trial&#8221;.</p>
<p>By then, the company is bought by a multinational and the service or software becomes not a product designed to help the population, but instead a means to make money.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t believe me? Take Skype, CoverFlow, and Hotmail as an example.</p>
<p>I was starting to get hopeful with Passpack&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Tara</title>
		<link>http://passpack.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/get-upgraded-free-for-now/#comment-9249</link>
		<dc:creator>Tara</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Tener

We'll keep it as low as possible, but our prices are going to have to be in Euro - the US Dollar price will fluctuate depending on the exchange rate... which just keeps going down.

We're looking at an introductory price of 10 euros per year. A few months ago that was 12/13 dollars, now it's 15.

We're doing the best we can. Cheers!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Tener</p>
<p>We&#8217;ll keep it as low as possible, but our prices are going to have to be in Euro - the US Dollar price will fluctuate depending on the exchange rate&#8230; which just keeps going down.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re looking at an introductory price of 10 euros per year. A few months ago that was 12/13 dollars, now it&#8217;s 15.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re doing the best we can. Cheers!</p>
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		<title>By: Tener</title>
		<link>http://passpack.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/get-upgraded-free-for-now/#comment-9243</link>
		<dc:creator>Tener</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would only pay 10 dls a year for the password manager service. TOPS.

I am sure that many many others feel the same way about it.

Please keep it low:)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would only pay 10 dls a year for the password manager service. TOPS.</p>
<p>I am sure that many many others feel the same way about it.</p>
<p>Please keep it low:)</p>
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		<title>By: Tara</title>
		<link>http://passpack.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/get-upgraded-free-for-now/#comment-9129</link>
		<dc:creator>Tara</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 10:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Alexander McMillen
Thanks - all fabulous suggestions!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Alexander McMillen<br />
Thanks - all fabulous suggestions!</p>
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