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- Path: cix.compulink.co.uk!usenet
- From: jralph@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Jolyon Ralph")
- Subject: Re: Piracy and the Amiga (was Re: AB3D II beats Quake....)
- Message-ID: <Dp0y3s.Ezt@cix.compulink.co.uk>
- Organization: Compulink Information eXchange
- References: <4jfcfg$8q@bigjohn.bmi.net>
- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 10:21:28 GMT
- X-News-Software: Ameol32
-
- > Yeah, but doesn't a company have to give their permission before a
- > magazine could release their software on a coverdisk? It seems to me
- > that if a company allowed that, then they have no-one else to blame but
- > themselves. Of course, there are quite a few cheapskates that are using
- > software without upgrading, but it's not their fault it was on a
- > coverdisk for $10.
-
- I'm not blaming anyone. Everyone, the magazines, the software publishers,
- the people buying the disks appears to get a good deal. It's the overall
- effect over a period of time which has damaged the industry.
-
- Many ex-Amiga publishers, who are now publishing on different platforms,
- are giving away (almost) their products for coverdisk use, as they don't
- care about the Amiga market any more. Existing publishers can't compete
- with 'free' products, so they have to stop development on their own
- products. This leads to a freeze in Amiga software - no one can afford to
- further develop and enhance products and newer versions of your favourite
- programs just don't appear.
-
- Jolyon
-