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- From: Aric.Caley@ofa123.fidonet.org
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: I found a pirate - w
- X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 5 1992
- Message-ID: <n0e22t@ofa123.fidonet.org>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 11:11:06
- Lines: 64
-
- > Organization: Editor, Amiga Christchurch Inc.
- > From: phill@nebula.equinox.gen.nz (Phillip Coxon)
- > Message-ID: phill.01vi@nebula.equinox.gen.nz
- > Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- >
- > Diliberate piracy: those people who know full well that they are
- > ripping
- > authors off but just don't care. Worse still, they spread it as far and
- > as
- > wide as possible. I recieved this a few days ago:
- >
- > -!---------------
- >
- > FEDERATION AGAINST STEFAN BOBERG
- > --------------------------------
- >
- > presents
- >
- > LHA 1.40r "Extended ShareWare Version"
-
- <rather disgusting text from lamer pirate deleted>
-
- > These kind of idiots really, really piss me off. Obviously they use
- > LhA,
- > but feel no obligation to pay the *very* reasonable shareware fee
- > requested
- > by Stefan. $US 20 is awesome value for what the LhA utils can do - I
- > can't
- > wait for my registered copy to arrive.
-
- Me too. I mean, Lha is one of the finest pieces of software around, and
- well deserving of being paid for.
-
- > After saying all that, I have to admit piracy isn't _all_ bad. How many of
- > us bought our first computer(s) just because we knew how many freely
- > available games we could get right away to play? Piracy has helped Amiga
- > and other computer sales immensely. I wonder where the Amiga would be
- > today if piracy was near non-existant?
- >
- > Remember:
- > * A program WORTH using is WORTH buying!
- > * Support Shareware & PD!
-
- I think, generaly, piracy is mostly bad. The only "good" aspect to it, is
- that it lets a person see if the software is good before buying it.
-
- I paid about $200 for Lattice C. Of course some of my freinds couldnt
- believe I paid $200 for it, but I think it was worth it. Software worth
- using IS worth buying.
-
- I think its a good idea for software companies to put out demo versions of
- their software - not crippled so much as to be useless, but lacking many of
- the nicer features. Get people hooked, and then sell them the full
- version. If your program is good, people will buy it after using the demo.
-
- A good product is its own best advertising.
-
- - Dances With Coyotes - World's slowest programer -Given that the universe-
- ---------------------------------------------------is infinate, and god is-
- ------------ And the fat lady sings... ------------all powerful, would you-
- ---------------------------------------------------like some toast? -
-
-
- --- Maximus 2.00
-