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From: walton@tybalt.caltech.edu (Steve Walton)
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Subject: Re: Shareware - threat or menace?
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Date: Mon, 11-May-87 12:17:44 EDT
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I thought I'd pass on a comment from Bill Volk of Aegis Development
which he made on BIX.  He was talking about piracy of commercial
software, but the same comment applies to shareware.

"Look, it's simple economics.  If the only value of the product is on
the magnetic media, then it will be copied...[points out you need
support, updates, distribution, etc. in purchase price, then]  Sonix
is $79.95, for which you get a 250+ page manual.  How many copies do
you think will be pirated?"
    Steve Walton, guest as walton@tybalt.caltech.edu
    AMETEK Computer Research Division, ametek!walton@csvax.caltech.edu
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