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From: wtr@clyde.ATT.COM (Bill Rankin)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: lotus chairman makes 26 million
Keywords: copy protection piracy
Message-ID: <26421@clyde.ATT.COM>
Date: 14 May 88 15:42:31 GMT
References: <9160@cisunx.UUCP> <1801@uhccux.UUCP> <807@netxcom.UUCP> <362@cf-cm.UUCP>
Reply-To: wtr@clyde.UUCP (Bill Rankin)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Whippany NJ
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In article <362@cf-cm.UUCP> mch@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Major Kano) writes:
>   What everyone seems to ignore is that the *REAL* argument in favour of
>   s/w copying is a combination of (1) and (2) below:-
>
>> 1 The people who wrote it are charging so much for it that I can't afford it,
>>   yet I really need it.  (A rather lame argument.)
           ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^
>   In other words,
>
>   "I really need it, and though I should like, from a fair-play viewpoint
       ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^
>    to pay for it, the people who wrote it are greedy so-and-so's and are
>    charging 200% more than the product is actually worth."
>
>   What does everyone else think ?
>Martin C. Howe, University College Cardiff | "You actually program in 'C'

OH, COME ON NOW!  LETS AT LEAST BE HONEST TO OURSELVES.

the majority of pirated software is NEEDED like the people who steal
it NEED a hole in their head.  the feeling/emotion that we are looking
at is DESIRE/GREED.  "oh god! look at that user interface! i got to 
have that to show off to my peon friends!"  NEED usually has very 
little to do pirated software.

just look at your REAL motives and desires befor you EVER go calling
programmers who spent time producing a product as "greedy so-and-so's"!
at least they have put a lot of effort and professionalism into their
code.

people whom actually NEED a piece of software usually end up buying 
it.  if for nothing else than to rag on the company who wrote it
when something goes wrong ;-)

BTW: how does all this apply to a software house that uses pirated 
text editors to write their code ;-)

life is something like existance between alt.flame and rec.humor.
keep on smilin'

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