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From: skank@iastate.edu (Skank George L)
Subject: Re: Animation Journeyman: Wayne Knapp's Reply
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In article <1991Jun3.022713.4109@techbook.com> waynekn@techbook.com (Wayne Knapp) writes:
>waynekn@techbook.com (Wayne Knapp) writes:
>
>I meant that we are NOT going to sell non-copy protected versions of JMan.
>Every copy must be personalised, or it isn't shipped.  This is our way of
>protecting our investment.  (Don't try to convince me that there is not
>any illegal coping of software in the Amiga market.  It is just as bad as
>the IBM/Mac markets.)
>
>The key issue is that producing a program like Animation:Jourenyman is years
>of work.  It is hard to put a price on it.  It is normal for us to try to
>protect our investment.  If we just wanted to make a fast buy, maybe we would
>sell it cheap and fast, but instead we are trying to build a real market with
>some holding power.  That is we have a lot of plans of where to go to next.
>Animation:Jouneryman 1.3 is by no means the end.  Also we will continue to
>support the Amiga market.  As we use Amigas ourselfs. 
>
>                                                Wayne Knapp


     I think a lot of people here may not realize that *much* commerical
software on larger systems, mainframes and workstations particularly, CANNOT
BE BOUGHT!  You have to LICENCE it!  Take the DEC C compiler for VAX/VMS
systems for example, I've heard that the software licence here at Iowa
State costs $10000 annually, just for the C compiler.  We also have COBOL,
BASIC, FORTRAN, and OPS5, which all have similar licences.  And that's the
educational price.  Some Mentor Graphics software costs $50-100,000 annually!
You should be happy that Wayne SELLS JMan rather than licencing it.

					--George
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