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From: wieser@cs-sun-fsa.cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Bernhard Wieser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Wanting to snub Emulators
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Date: 27 Oct 90 19:02:54 GMT
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>> Does anyone know what amax announces itself as?  I would like to have
>> my software NOT run when it sees an emulator.
 
>Why are you jealous?
>Think about it, you should be proud that someone wants to run mac software on
>their non-mac machine.
>--------------------------------
>George Lin
>a309@mindlink
>uunet!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!George_Lin
>CAD/CAM engineering @ University Of British Columbia
 
"Jealous"?  Not at all.  Infact, such a statement is kind of stupid.
When I write software, I write it for a specific platform.  Think about it,
running software on a machine it wasn't designed for is a little like
piracy.  I have a couple notions to support this.
1)Many software licenses state that the licensee is not allowed to
transmit or translate the software in any form.  Isn't an emulator
synonymous with the words 'translate' or 'copy'?
2)Let's say I wrote a wonderful cad/cam package for various machines.
I spent resources to support my software on multiple
machines, using the strengths of each.  So Joe user, who might have
both an Amiga and a Mac has no reason to support me and my
efforts if they have an emulator.
3)When I write software, I do so on a machine which supports the task
 well.  If I don't write it for the Amiga, I may not want it running on the
Amiga.  Software supports the machine it was written for.
Why should I (the developer) support users who don't support me?
 
I dislike these religious battles.  Computers are tools; I think each brand
has its uses/strengths.  But when I write software I support the machine and
concepts behind it.  Emulation can kill good ideas by stealing markets;
it doesn't really create them, does it?
 
Ps.  Of the several Amiga users I know, all have Amax, only one bought it,
and all of them have the 'software' version of Mac ROMs.  Kind of like
stealing a machine...