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From: bakke@plains.NoDak.edu (Jeffrey P. Bakke)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Cracking games
Message-ID: <9010@plains.NoDak.edu>
Date: 19 Mar 91 12:18:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: plains.9010
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In article <31600014@hpcvra.cv.hp.com.> everett@hpcvra.cv.hp.com. (Everett Kaser) writes:
>
> jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook) /  6:09 pm  Mar 13, 1991 /
>>I AM NOT PIRATING SOFTWARE!!!  I HAVE LEGAL SOFTWARE COMPLETELY ON MY
>>SYSTEM (well, actually, one program isn't, but it's just unregistered
>>shareware).  I am interested in this information for piracy reasons, since
>>I am a programmer and understand the problems of piracy!
>
>"just unregistered shareware"
> ^^^^
>So, "unregistered shareware" isn't piracy, huh?  It's attitudes like this that
>that cause "commercial" packages to put anti-piracy code into their games that
>cause you the irritation of constantly looking up keywords in the documents.
>
>It's attitudes like these that cause me, "just" a shareware author, irritation
>at pirates like you.  "Unregistered shareware", when used beyond the test


Not to be demeaning to the shareware products out there (and there are some
really good ones, and yes I do register the ones I really use and enjoy),
but it amazes me how much shareware "crap" there is out there.  I mean, 
I've got no qualms about paying $50 or more for an excellent editor or other 
impressive product but when you see shareware products like a directory lister
with color that want $10-$25, you've got to be kidding.  

It seems to me that many people use shareware to say 'hey, I've written a
neat program that I use, maybe people will pay me money for it.'  I'm not
talking about dBIII clones or word processors, but mainly those little annoying
'utilities' that really don't do that much.  If I've got to be paying $50
to use a directory browser, I may just as well purchase Norton Commander or
whatever and pay a few extra bucks for manuals, support, warantee, and
usually a bit more robust program.



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