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From: depeche@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (Sam Alan EZUST)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Net users are cheapskates (was: Different Background)
Message-ID: <5179@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca>
Date: 6 Oct 90 03:04:48 GMT
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In article <57880@microsoft.UUCP> darekm@microsoft.UUCP (Darek MIHOCKA) writes:
>In some brainless article stevendd@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Doug) writes:
>>
>>Does anyone know of a PD or shareware program to load in a picture [etc. etc.]
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>A day doesn't go by that someone doesn't ask a question similar to this.
>e.g. "does anyone know of a PD desktop publishing program as good as Calamus?"
>Oh, of course, shareware programs are also ok, since you don't really have
>to pay for them when you get them. If you can pirate something, that's ok too.
>
>Doug, I don't know of any PD or shareware programs that load desktop pictures
>in color. I guess you're just SOL if you want to put a picture on your color
>desktop. Too bad. Sounded like a neat idea. Maybe you should try writing such
>a program, and then try selling it to your fellow netters. I'm sure you would
>make a lot of money.

Darek - don't you remember back in the days when YOUR quick-st was in the
shareware? Ah, those were the good ol' days, but I sent my money in anyway,
if you recall. Please don't make too much of a jerk of yourself, or I will
feel quite embarassed for recommending (and purchasing) your software in
the first place. This particular flame is quite misdirected... The guy
asked for information about how to get ahold of a program which probably is
quite simple to write, and probably does exist in the PD or shareware.
Personally I am a little more ticked that everyone is asking Dave
Beckemeyer to give away his software for FREE...

>Thank you Doug, for letting all the ST developers out there know that you
>(and many like you I'm sure) are too cheap to consider spending $20 to $50 
>on a piece of software.

ugh! now why would anyone pay $20 for a piece of software which ONLY puts a
picture on the desktop? Yes, the other prorgams you mentioned are well
worth the money, but they do other things too, RIGHT??

>
>It sure makes me all warm and mushy inside knowing that there is a future in
>commercial software development on the ST.
>

give me a break... you at microsoft have been putting your lovely software
company on the back-burner so you could earn some real money in - the IBM
world??

sorry to hear that your quick-st isn't doing to well. Heck, though - I can
only buy your software once, and none of the newer versions offer anything
significantly worth the upgrade fee. And I will be impressed when you
finally deliver that newsletter you keep talking about....

lighten up, ok?

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|S. Alan Ezust                                |  depeche@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca|
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