Xref: utzoo alt.security:1377 alt.folklore.computers:4704 comp.society.futures:1995 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven!uvaarpa!murdoch!astsun7.astro.Virginia.EDU!gl8f From: gl8f@astsun7.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) Newsgroups: alt.security,alt.folklore.computers,comp.society.futures Subject: Re: Feedback on Computer Crime Message-ID: <1990Aug14.194826.1717@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Date: 14 Aug 90 19:48:26 GMT References: <5=25C=1@xds13.ferranti.com> <1990Aug10.035033.2122@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Sender: news@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia Lines: 17 In article peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > >People need to be able to go into a computer store, put down money, and >take a box home that they are reasonably assured of being able to load and >run first time. That takes a lot of effort to produce from the typical >component-stereo sort of freeware. Why go to that effort if someone can just >take the sources, type "make", repackage it, and undercut you? Just because Peter da Silva doesn't think it will work doesn't mean it won't work. Cygnus makes money providing "shrink-wrapped" distributions and support of GNU software, for big organizations. If there really is a need, then you can make money doing it. If there isn't a need, then you shouldn't go to the effort. -- "In fact you should not be involved in IRC." -- Phil Howard