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- From: cmcurtin@bluemoon.rn.com (Matthew Curtin)
- Subject: Re: The Perennial Piracy Debate (was Re: Bilestoad)
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- Date: Tue, 01 Sep 92 15:54:24 EDT
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- foegelle@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Michael Foegelle) writes:
-
- [ various flames about piracy deleted ... ]
-
- > everyone on the net that this topic is more than a little out of date, and an
- > more flaming you two have to do to each other should be done in private E-mai
- > and not be wasting money and space on the net. (You'll notice the last 4 pos
- > have been just between Bill and Rich.) So take it to the E-mail or give it a
- > rest!
-
- While I agree that personal flames should be taken to email or alt.flame,
- I am going to take issue with your statment about this being a dead topic.
- With the current state of the Apple II software market, it should be
- obvious that software publishers don't stand to make the zillions of
- dollars on other (inferior ;) ) platforms. SO, this issue is of special
- interest to the Apple II community. Apple II software publishers are going
- to be dependant upon each sale they make in order to cover their costs and
- make a worthwhile return. If we steal their products, they will not be
- able to continue to produce great software. They simply won't be able to
- afford it.
-
- If you're uninterested in continuing to read the piracy debate, then take
- a clue from the header, figure it's something you're not interested in,
- and move on.
-
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