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- From: pmiller@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Paul Miller)
- Subject: Directory Opus - beta leak...
- Message-ID: <712548597.AA20335@csugrad.cs.vt.edu>
- Sender: daemon@cis.ohio-state.edu
- Organization: The Ohio State University Department of Computer and Information Science
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 02:09:55 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- > Subject: WARNING!! Pirated escaped Directory Opus 3.50 BETA damages disks
- > From: jpotter@ucs.adelaide.edu.au (Jonathan Potter)
- > Date: 30 Jul 92 08:35:05 GMT
- > Organization: INOVAtronics
- >
- > Over the past 6 weeks or so a pirated version of Directory Opus 3.50 has
- > been spread around the world. This is an "escaped" BETA version that was
- > released by an indiscreet beta-tester. The offender has not been pinpointed
- > yet but I expect him/her to be identified soon, and legal action may be taken
- > against them.
- >
- > Needless to say I am unhappy about what has occurred. If you can't trust your
- > beta testers who can you trust? People who spread pirated software (especially
- > unfinished versions) can be totally blamed for the low number of high quality
- > programs available for the Amiga. I have become generally disillusioned with
- > the whole business, and am myself seriously considering moving to an IBM or
- > Unix platform after the next version of Directory Opus is finished.
-
- > Jonathan Potter / INOVAtronics
-
- Hi Jonathan - It IS a shame that a beta-tester would do this to you (this
- is the same thing that happens with new AmigaDOS beta versions, and by
- Commercial Developers, no less!), and I sempathize with you!
-
- However, I don't see how moving to a PC platform will do you any good. Do
- you really think that this kind of thing doesn't go on under other
- platforms, especially one with 25 MILLION more users than the Amiga?
- Be realistic - and stick with the platform with the superior operating
- system and the only one that's truly a dream to program. Anyway, in my
- experience, PC users are much more "cheap" than Amiga users (meaning you'll
- get more shareware donations from Amiga users, especially overseas...)
-
- -Paul Miller
- (author of "Elements")
-
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