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From: barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: An issue for the entire Amiga Community.
Message-ID: <5366@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 25 May 90 14:36:01 GMT
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Reply-To: barrett@jhunix.UUCP (Dan Barrett)
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>cmcmanis@stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) writes:
>>Shareware is a very close concept to "dumping" which the 
>>Japanese got in to so much trouble for.....

In article <1401@faatcrl.UUCP> jprad@faatcrl.UUCP (Jack Radigan) writes:
>C'mon, this isn't an opinion, this is paranoia!
>Shareware isn't evil, the prices of most commerical products are, why
>else would Sharware exist, or piracy for that matter?
>What's truely criminal is the profit margins of some of the applications
>available today.

	If anything sounds like "paranoia", it is your reply, Jack!  Oh,
no... the hateful evil commercial software companies are out to drain my
wallet.  And everybody knows that ALL commercial software companies are
criminals.

	IMHO, Chuck McManis has a very good idea about what it takes,
both academically and financially, to put out a commercial software
product.  His postings in past years (I REALLY wish he'd repost them...
I think it's time!) about how much it costs to develop and market a
simple software package were VERY eye-opening to me.  And plenty of
people followed up his postings, also saying how eye-opening they were.
	His best posting was in response to someone who said "why the
hell do games cost $40-50??  I think they're worth only $10."  Chuck
explained, in a very rational and organized manner, exactly where these
costs can come from.  How about a repost??

                                                        Dan

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