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From: mikew@proton.LCS.MIT.EDU (Michael B. Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Why do people pirate software?
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Date: 27 Aug 90 22:06:56 GMT
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In article <90239.093316F0O@psuvm.psu.edu> F0O@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>      One of the great advantages of buying a product is the updates and
>price breaks you can get on new software.  Borland has been wanting me to
>buy Quattro Pro from them for $99 for the last 6 months.
>                                                  [Tim]

I must have gotten at least half a dozen letters from Borland offering
me the ``$99 Quattro Pro'' upgrade either because I'm a Lotus 1-2-3
user or because I'm a registered owner of Turbo C 2.0.  (The funny
thing about the Lotus 1-2-3 letters is that I have never owned, used,
or needed to use 1-2-3.)  I wonder if there is a polite way to tell
Borland that it's nothing personal, but I DON'T NEED OR USE SPREAD
SHEETS and would they kindly stop sending me these $99 upgrade
letters. :-)

Of course, a $99 upgrade to Turbo C++ Professional, now we're talking...

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