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- From: d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon WΣtte)
- Subject: Re: Why the Piracy? Here's why...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.195920.14330@kth.se>
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- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 19:59:20 GMT
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- In <C0E0Kr.34p@world.std.com> siegel@world.std.com (Rich Siegel) writes:
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- >I've got news for ya, pal. :-) With virtually any mass-produced good, even
- >something expensive like an automobile, the ratio of (cost of development)
- >to (cost of goods sold) is very high - it's how companies recover their
-
- Yes, but the ratio of <cost of box & manuals & shelf space & distribution>
- to <electrons in computer memory> is even higher. I promise you!
-
- And, the more I think about it, the more I realize that it's a perfectly
- human trait; if I can get something for COMPLETELY FREE, why would I
- pay for it? It's in my (short-sighted) self-interest to do it that way.
- And for those of you believing in Rosseaus civilized savage, I'll want
- to chat with you offline... humans do not have honesty (or any other
- trait, good nor evil) inherently.
-
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