Your letters

Fight without ink

Your first edition on the net contradicts the old saw. There is now a way to fight those "who buy ink by the barrel!" Hang in there. Even we Merc-News readers and unionists in the South Bay are behind you.

-- George Datz

Good Egg

Congratulations on an excellent, if embryonic, newspaper. One question: who needs the Hearsts when you can just set up your own operation?

--Michel Chaouli

Freedom in Space

Just had a look at your latest edition on the Web...congratulations on your fine work...you've proven that this technology is a two edge sword, and in the process made A..J. Leibling turn over in his grave...freedom of the press is no longer the preserve just of those rich enough to own one...long live the Free Press!

-- Richard Wallace,editor in chief Electronic Engineering Times.

Tasteful HTML

Kudos to the Free Press for the best electronic edition. It is nice to see that someone knows how to put together an HTML page correctly and tastefully (the content, of course, continues with the same strength as before).

-- Kent E.Soule

Free Press, for Free

Nice work bringing the Free Press online, it's good to know I don't have to miss Carroll and Caen while the strike is on... I feel like I'm getting away with something for free though. Is there a place to make donations?

-- Evan Hunt

Faster than the other guys

Congratulations on your service! It was great to be able to read Herb Caen today!

Your connection is much faster than the Chronicle's, too -- it takes forever to read anything on their Web server, for some reason. And, of course, there is no mention in any of the articles they offer of how to access your service!

Good luck in the strike!!!

-- Tyler

Editors' note: If our readers are interested in checking them out, the Chronicle's and Examiner's on-line newspapers are on the web at http://sfgate.com/. Compare and contrast and let us know what you think (and let them know too!!!).

Sick of Strikes

I have to say I really like getting the SF Free Press using WWW. It is great to see this kind of creativity during the strike period. I have to tell you that I am sick of strikes. Being a sports fan, this has been a bad year and I am tired of work stoppages. It bothers me to see the violence of the strikers on the news at night and the property destruction. I would be much more likely to be sympathetic to your cause if the union members were less violent.

Keep up the good work on the Free Press. I would even pay for it versus a morning paper if you made it complete.

-- Phil Roemer

Keep Fighting

Just finished reading your WWW page and it was great! Though it seems strange reading Herb Caen without the Macys ad along side it I really enjoyed reading it. Keep fighting for a decent contract! By the way a friend of a friend heard from another friend that new subscriptions are picking up at other newspapers around the bay area. ;-) Good luck and don't give up!

-- Jeff Jones

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