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From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User)
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Subject: Re: Rastan GS
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Date: 21 Oct 90 11:05:07 GMT
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In article <1990Oct20.073921.423@utstat.uucp> philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough) writes:
>In article <4907@crash.cts.com> tg.exc@pro-harvest.cts.com (Terry Guelfo) writes:
>>In-Reply-To: message from unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU
>>
>>>I support piracy as a form of TESTING OUT software.
>>
>>I agree with you.  However, not so many of the people out there are that
>>honest about it, and that is where you run into problems.
>Don't get carried away. While the pirate world does provide a person with
>information about what is out there, it also has a very detrimental effect
>on relatively small user bases like the GS one.
>
>Perhaps one solution might be to allow legal owners of software the chance 
>to purchase( for a small fee) a totally unprotected version of a piece of
>software, after a certain time frame has passed.
	Lots of companies already do this and it's a ripoff. Make people
may MORE MONEY for something WITHOUT protection?!?! I mean they should
get an unprotected program from the beginning!
	{Just as an aside, I don't see how gas stations charge MORE for
unleaded gas when they have to do LESS to it from what I know.. lead
is ADDED to make "regular" gas right?! So charge MORE for NOT adding
lead... boy.. odd}

>It also wouldn't hurt if users bought software from those companies which
>produce quality products, and simply ignored those companies which tend to
>consistently produce junk.


	That's exactly what I'm going to do when I make enough money.. (And
even if companies are out of business I'll still try to find and buy a 
copy, specifically Alien Mind I'm thinking about.. It's basically the
principle of the thing).. Arkanoid I, II, CrystalQuest, Xenocide, Rastan
and a few others are what I plan to buy. (I'd buy ShufflePuck GS if
they put it out! Now I --have-- to pirate it!)

	But like the makers of Gauntlet GS.. Whoopie.. I still have it
on a disk somewhere.. it's not like I use it... it's crap... SO I
should have to pay for it to find that out? They should almost be shot
for putting out such crap in the first place. (Obviously I'm not 
completely literally serious on this... although it might make better
software be written!! heh heh heh)..
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