Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cunixb.cc.columbia.edu!wlj1
From: wlj1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Wayne L Jebian)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Piracy and Software
Message-ID: <1990Aug7.061027.22121@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 7 Aug 90 06:10:27 GMT
References: <1990Jul16.221811.7115@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1990Jul16.222043.7094@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <5105@uwm.edu> <1990Jul18.150659.30066@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <XCZ$|%|@rpi.edu> <1990Jul22.074738.22756@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1339@telesci.UUCP>
Sender: news@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (The Daily News)
Reply-To: wlj1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Wayne L Jebian)
Distribution: na
Organization: Columbia University
Lines: 60

In article <1339@telesci.UUCP> jpoplaws@telesci.UUCP (Joseph E Poplawski) writes:
>In article <1990Jul22.074738.22756@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> wlj1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Wayne L Jebian) writes:
>>
>>alot of pirates are kinda angry because recently in the "elite" world, there 
>>hasn't been alot of games released.
>
>And what is wrong with the Elite's holding out on games?  If someone wants it
>that bad, then let them crack it themselves.  Being a former member of ESI
>(EagleSoft) with Gunner, Mitch, MJH, and the rest, I can tell you that they 
<stuff deleted>s

1- many elites dont actually play the games and for the last 3 years, if the 
game aint 0-1 daze, it aint worth crap on the BBS and its been upped already

2- the reason games havent been released is that nothing is being cracked 
except for the lame 1 file 120 block programs, etc. there hasn't been much
activity recently other than Microleague baseball ][

>>because of this, alot of groups are doing
>>re-releases <which is surprising to me since this is virtually blasphemous 
>>in the elite world d>
>
>This is usually done by the Elite-want-to-be's who want to cop off of another
>persons crack.  It is even more sickening when they take off the original
>title screen.  This is another reason for the "holding out" of the newest
>software by the Elite's, they would like to see some of these peon pirate groups
>make a successful crack of their own.

Nonono, its not just the wanna bees- NEC did a rerelease and in case you didnt
know, they are one of the most highly regarded elite groups in the country,
taking over from where ESI left off when they went Amiga

>>and alot of people are saying/ranting about the 64's death. 
>>I guess the barometer is easy enoug: when Qlink dies, the 64 is officially dead
>><r when they are finally discontinued>
>
>But even after Qlink, the 64 will be around for years.  It has lived a long
>life and in my opinion was the best machine of its type for its time.  The
>new software will stop coming out, but the old software and the pirated software
>will be around for a long time, making the 64 live even longer.  I still have
>my original 64 from years ago and a half or dozen others that I will be using
>in addition to my other machines for a long time.  Even my little brother and
>sister have a ball with them...
>
>But then again, you may be right about Qlink and the death of the 64.  I would
>not know I have never even logged onto Qlink... (never found a need to, I
>always found what I wanted off of ESI-HQ)
>
>Well enough rambling...
>
>-Jo
>--
>...!princeton!pyrnj!telesci!fantasci!jep
>jep@fantasci.uucp  jpoplaws@telesci.uucp
>-- 
>...!princeton!pyrnj!telesci!fantasci!jep
>jep@fantasci.uucp  jpoplaws@telesci.uucp


-Mark Dolengo