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From: barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Where is workbench 1.3.2 ??
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Date: 19 Apr 91 14:56:49 GMT
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In article <3211@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx> al158305@mtecv2.mty.itesm.mx (Gustavo Cordova Avila) writes:
>I have a question:
>if I want to use kickstart 1.3 and dont have close access to
>a software store, WHY DO I HAVE TO BUY A MODEM AND SUBSCRIBE
>TO A PAY SERVICE TO GET THEM???

	Oh, I dunno...  Maybe because they are commercial products?  Why
do people expect to get free software from Commodore?  It would certainly
be NICE, but your loud complaint is uncalled for (IMHO).

	Also, a site like ab20 (just as an example, not picking on ad) is
not necessarily a secure machine, with an Amiga archive run by volunteers.
Compuserve/etc. are (I think) fairly secure pay network with run by salaried
employees.  If you were a company that had to support its software, and
ensure that only legitimate copies were distributed, which of two sites
would you choose?

                                                        Dan

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