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From: tsc2597@acf4.UUCP (Sam Chin)
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Subject: Re: An open letter to software pirates (110 lines)
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Date: Thu, 28-Mar-85 10:05:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 28 10:05:00 1985
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Students should *not* be expected to buy software even if it is $30 a copy
(the price of a typical book) for the simple reason that not all students
have PC's. It should not be assumed that students taking classes which
involve PC use own PC's. How would you like to spend $30 for a book you
cannot read after a semester. Universities should buy multiple copies of
software and loan them out to the students (or restrict their use within a
central PC area). A licence for the VAX PASCAL compiler would probably run
the university $10000 and the VAX ADA compiler, $25000. With $10000, you
could buy 333 copies of Turbo Pascal at $30. and reuse them for later
semesters.

                                                 Sam Chin
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