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From: mrys@ethz.UUCP (Michael Rys)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Software piracy
Message-ID: <4752@ethz.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jun 90 09:43:34 GMT
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Reply-To: mrys@bernina.ethz.ch.UUCP (Michael Rys)
Organization: ETH Zuerich, Switzerland
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1. It may be that you can get software for a few dollars with student
rates in the US of A, but in Europe the student rates correspond to the
common market prices in the US (e.g., I can get MS Word 4.0 student rate
here for ~650 sfr. (english version) or ~1000 sfr. (german version).
This is probably more than ordering in the US from one of those
mailorder places. It looks the same for other software (not only MS).
It is also the same for hardware (e.g., student rate IIcx 8600sfr.,
student NeXT (US ~6500$) 16000sfr.!!!). As long as the prices are that
exorbitant (the normal prices are 10% to 30% more!), I hardly can afford
to buy a computer, not speaking about Software...

2. Re shopping piracy:
   I would really like to see cheap (or better free) print (look at)
only versions of the most programs. If I receive a WriteNow document
from somebody, how can I look at it without opening or printing it?
In this respect Unsit and their like in the PD/SW domain are great.

Just my .02$ opinion...
Michael

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