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From: dtiberio@csserv2.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2,comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,misc.legal
Subject: Re: Do *NOT* reveal or mention "hacking" information
Message-ID: <1990Nov18.033013.15019@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
Date: 18 Nov 90 03:30:13 GMT
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  Ever wonder why people pirate so many programs that they in fact will
never even use in their lifetime? Could it be because they are vile,
disgusting human beings? Well...

  Ever wonder why companies that sell programs never tell you what you are
getting? Ever notice how once you buy a program you can't use that most
of the time you can't get your money back?

  Look in the magazine advertizements. You will a car game, with a beautiful 
picture of an expensive car in full color. You will buy the game, and find
that it is in the Atari 2600 level of game quality.
  "Best game of the year". Many programs make this claim. According to a
5 or 6 year Amiga history, no more than 6 games should make this claim.
         "Great graphics and play"  -generico magazine
ooooo...really convincing.

  I want to pay good money for good software. And I want to know what it will
do before I buy it.

  SUNY Stony Brook has a nice deal on the school UNIX system. Any student
has free access from his dorm. But he can't use that modem he already
spent $200 on. It doesn't work. He can use ours. But he must pay $140 for
the first year, nonrefundable. "I need to know if it will work with my
computer before I pay for it." Well, luckily it works. Now I can say I am
happy that I didn't buy a 19.2k dual standard when I was at my last school.

  Another example is all the trouble people have had with Imagine, but I
won't get into that.

  I want to buy a hard drive. Very few companies give enough specks as to
what their equipment does, or they try to mislead you. Trumpcard Pro gets
speeds of 1.9 megawhatever with DPERF2 and the new generation drives! Does
that mean that every Trump Pro is shipped with DPERF2 and a new generation
drive? What are current speeds? GVP sells Series II with fast transfers, but
what exactly are the transfer speeds? Also available is ram expansion, but
with what ram chips? 

  I am tired of being lied to and misled by advertisers. I have to make too
many phone calls just to find out what hardware and software can do what. I
do not agree with all this piracy stuff, but I am not shocked by it either.

David Tiberio    SUNY Stony Brook 2-3605    AMIGA