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From: fzsitvay@techbook.com (Frank Zsitvay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith.z100
Subject: Re: Outdated ZDOS and CP/M
Message-ID: <1990Sep27.003154.23966@techbook.com>
Date: 27 Sep 90 00:31:54 GMT
References: <1796@nemesis.stsci.edu> <1990Sep23.120249.4344@techbook.com> <1990Sep24.203250.2336@cbnews.att.com>
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In article <1990Sep24.203250.2336@cbnews.att.com> pmd@cbnews.att.com (Paul Dubuc) writes:
>In article <1990Sep23.120249.4344@techbook.com>, fzsitvay@techbook.com (Frank Zsitvay) writes:
>> In article <1990Sep19.195650.16894@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> mac@harris.cis.ksu.edu (Myron A. Calhoun) writes:
>> >In article <12623219984.25.RDYSART@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>... writes:
>> >  
>> >  [several lines deleted here 'n there]
>> >
>> >>	Since ZDS (Zenith Data Systems) has dropped the Z-100 line,
>> >>Can we (US ALL ON THE NET) share Z-100 ZDS software???
>> >
>> >This IS an INTERESTING question!  I'd sure like to know the legal
>> >ramifications, 'cause it might simplify my wife's acquisition of
>> >Z-100 versions of MailMerge and Speller for WordStar.  Of course,
>> >
>>    look at it this way, do you think zenith is going to sue you because
>> you made one too many copies of zdos??
>>  
>
>Another way to look at it (from their point of view):  Letting people freely
>copy "outdated" software could be seen as cutting into the market for new
>hardware and software.  They might reason that fewer people would by newer
>computers and software if they could obtain better, but still unavailable
>as new, software for just the trouble of copying it.  And, they would have
>a point, I think ...
>-- 

   perhaps, but i don't think they would have a point, simply because there
are a lot of us out here that cannot afford their new equipment.

   in the case of 8 bit cp/m stuff, there are no new manufacturers of 8 bit 
cp/m computers that i know of (well, commodore maybe, if you call that cp/m.)
and cp/m machines aren't regarded as a business tool anymore.

   the z100 isn't really a pc clone, and as such doesn't compete with zenith's
new equipment.  (not that their new equipment is really compatible with
the clones....)

   perhaps the guideline should be something like "when they stop supporting
it, it should be public supported."


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