Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!ucbvax!UTCVM.BITNET!MQUINN From: MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: //gs Message-ID: <9104091617.AA15674@apple.com> Date: 9 Apr 91 16:04:24 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 32 [reply to reasons not to pirate software because it hurts II sales]. I have to agree that pirating is illegal, but that is definitely NOT what is causing the demise of the Apple II. It's Apple Computer themselves. Although, I'm not condoning piracy, but it IS what got the Apple II popular in the first place. Back in the late '70s and early '80s when no one thought twice about copying a game, games were floating around EVERYWHERE. That's why so many Apple II's were sold. Everybody wanted a game machine with free games. That's how I got my first computer (hey, I was 12, okay). Many of my friends got an Apple II for the very same reason. Lately, piracy has dropped drastically (at least, from what I can tell). It's still going on... ALOT, but no where near as much as it used to. The Apple II is no more prone to piracy than IBMs, Commodores, Amigas, etc. It's not piracy that's hurting the Apple II. Piracy helps a computer, but it also HURTS Software companies. Software companies haven't stopped supporting the Apple II because of piracy, they've stopped supporting it because Apple computer, thenselves, won't support it. If the manufacturer of a computer won't support it's own machine, then software companies see no reason for them to support it because, obviously , the manufacturer is trying to phase out the computer and the softare companies think they won't make money supporting an almost dead computer. It's definitely NOT piracy that's hurting the Apple II. It's Apple Computer. Disclaimer:I'M NOT CONDONING PIRACY. I'M JUST STATING THE FACTS AS THEY APPEAR. ---------------------------------------- BITNET-- mquinn@utcvm <------------send files here pro-line-- mquinn@pro-gsplus.cts.com