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- From: astroboy@netspace.net.au (Paul Dossett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: Is SASG shareware really such a good idea?
- Date: 10 Feb 1996 08:31:24 GMT
- Organization: NetSpace Online Systems
- Message-ID: <1632.6613T1000T707@netspace.net.au>
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- >m.willsher@uea.ac.uk (Matt Willsher) wrote:
- >>In article <1461.6609T988T620@mcs.com>, kanep@mcs.com (Kane Peterson) wrote:
- >>
- >>> If you don't feel that it is worth 8 bucks, then you don't have to buy it.
- >>
- >>I can't afford ú8. It's that simple.
- >>
- >With all due respect, if you can't even afford 8 little coins for a major
- >software upgrade, what are you doing with a computer in the first place ?
- >It's this sort of skinflint attitude that has dragged the level of Amiga
- >development down to the level it is at now. You don't go flaming Ford because
- >they won't give you their '96 Fiesta for free, because you already have an
- >'84, do you ?
-
- Yeah, ú8 wouldn't even buy a CD! Maybe you should sell your Amiga, buy a PC
- and pirate all you like for free?
-
- >Don't get me wrong, I'm not loaded myself, and there are many things I'd like
- >to buy for my Amiga, but compared to other platforms, we're spoiled for
- >choice when it comes to free/cheap wares.
-
- Very true, our software is amazingly cheap, and our PD/shareware community is
- second to none. Check out the cost of the average Mac shareware program if
- you don't believe me. Support those folk, they're damn clever, soft and
- fluffy people. I just wanna hug 'em to death.
-
- >BTW- 3.2 is well worth the cost, just for the speed increases you get.
-
- I haven't noticed a speed increase myself, but I've heard slower machines get
- more benefit.
-
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