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From: wncs302@nmtsun.nmt.edu (William Norris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Software Development And Piracy (Spurred By FTL replies)
Message-ID: <1625@nmtsun.nmt.edu>
Date: 10 Dec 88 04:34:18 GMT
References: <555@icus.islp.ny.us> <12325@cup.portal.com> <5485@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: wncs302@nmtsun.nmt.edu (William Norris)
Organization: New Mexico Tech, Socorro NM
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In article <5485@cbmvax.UUCP> jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) writes:
>	The best solution to this is to have a good dealer.  My local dealer
>when I lived near Albany, New York was Software & Such.  You could try out
>any program on the Amiga's in the store, to see whether they were what you
>wanted (which reminds me of another pet peeve: boxes that tell you nothing
>about the product in any way, not even screen shots.)  They had an excellent
>return policy, etc, etc.  I didn't have to worry about buying something that
>wasn't what I wanted, since I could try it out in the store.
>
>	This eliminates your reasons for accepting (even temporarily) any
>illegally copied software.  Unfortunately, most dealers aren't as good about
>trying stuff in the store.  This does NOT mean I condone such copying, see
>my first paragraph; I'm just showing how the reasons you stated can be
>nullified by a good dealer.

WOW!  You must have a great dealer alright.  Has everything in stock, does he?
No?  Oh, well then, he must special order software packages at customer's
whims, let them try them out, and send them back if the customer isn't
interested!!

Sounds great in theory, but doesn't really work.

					William B. Norris IV
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