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- From: jcompton@flood.xnet.com (Jason Compton)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: No more Starfighter? (was Re: AB3D II beats Quake....)
- Date: 3 Apr 1996 05:12:36 GMT
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- Gary Alan Peake (Gemini2@cup.portal.com) wrote:
-
- : we can either bitch because there is no software at the local dealers or we
- : can get more of our many talented pd/shareware authors to either sell
- : direct or thru dealers.
-
- : We can NOT have it both ways. Want to walk into CompUSA and buy software?
-
- No, you're wrong again.
-
- Look carefully when you go to CompUSA next time. Or a drug store for
- that matter.
-
- You'll see racks and racks of cheaply boxed floppies and CD-ROMs for
- $5-$15. What's on them? Shareware demos. To this day, I see Doom
- Shareware CDs passed off for $5-$10.
-
- They can and do have it both ways. Someone out there is making decent
- cash tossing FD software on junky CDs and selling it at bare bones
- prices, all while major commercial development goes on.
-
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