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From: john@stiatl.UUCP (John DeArmond)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Software Development And Piracy (Spurred By FTL replies)
Message-ID: <2210@stiatl.UUCP>
Date: 16 Dec 88 20:40:33 GMT
References: <555@icus.islp.ny.us> <2363@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <1334@leah.Albany.Edu> <6432@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> <2460@ficc.uu.net>
Reply-To: john@stiatl.UUCP (John DeArmond)
Organization: Sales Technologies Inc., Atlanta, GA
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In article <2460@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
>If you want lower prices, get as many people as you can to buy computers and
>buy... not steal... software. As the size of the market goes up, prices will
>fall. Trust me.
>-- 
>Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.
>Work: uunet.uu.net!ficc!peter, peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180.
>Home: bigtex!texbell!sugar!peter, peter@sugar.uu.net.

Well, lets see now.  hmmmm.  I can think of Lotus 123,  Dbase III.... 
Wordperfect...  Crosstalk...

well now, boys and girls, can anybody pick a product out of this list that
has come down significantly in price?  NO?  I did not think so.  Now, boys
and girls, does anybody know of lower priced clones for any of the above
products?  YES?  I thought so.  Could it be that COMPETITION and not size
of the market is what has some effect on prices?  YES?  I thought you'd
say that.

John De Armond				Intrigued minds STILL want to know.
Sales Technologies, Inc.