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  2. From: warwick@cs.uq.oz.au (Warwick Allison)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
  4. Subject: Re: The Path of True Enlightenment (was Re: Piracy of software)
  5. Message-ID: <11489@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>
  6. Date: 21 Dec 92 01:57:32 GMT
  7. References: <11420@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> <1gh57hINNmd7@life.ai.mit.edu> <11438@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> <1go0e3INNi68@life.ai.mit.edu>
  8. Sender: news@cs.uq.oz.au
  9. Reply-To: warwick@cs.uq.oz.au
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  12. dmb@case.ai.mit.edu (David Baggett) writes:
  13.  
  14. >Crippleware -- how does that differ from commercial software?  If I
  15. >force you to buy it, what's the difference?
  16.  
  17. "Try before you buy".  That's ANOTHER trouble with commercial s/w - too
  18. much of it is crap.  And we can hardly expect that s/w companies will
  19. accept returned goods with a smiling face...
  20.  
  21. You're not FORCED to buy crippleware... you can just delete it... ie.
  22. return it... if you don't like it.
  23.  
  24.  
  25.  
  26. >If MicroSquish released
  27. >all their software as crippleware, would you still not bash them at
  28. >every opportunity?
  29.  
  30. Yes, I would still not bash them at every opportunity.
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  34. Warwick
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