Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!jesup
From: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Software Development And Piracy (Spurred By FTL replies)
Message-ID: <5488@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 10 Dec 88 23:42:05 GMT
References: <555@icus.islp.ny.us> <12325@cup.portal.com> <5485@cbmvax.UUCP> <1625@nmtsun.nmt.edu>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <1625@nmtsun.nmt.edu> wncs302@nmtsun.nmt.edu (William Norris) writes:
>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
...
>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.

	Sorry, but it does.  No, he didn't have every program in stock,
but then again I can only buy what he has in stock.  If there was a new
program out that I was interested in, and told him, he would order at least
one copy for stock, and if it sold he'd probably order more.  Note that it
isn't me ordering it (with the possible exception of very expensive
programs, like Caligari ($1-2,000?)).  In general, though, he had a good
selection of programs, especially those his customers (and he) had liked,
and a good selection of new programs.

-- 
You've heard of CATS? Well, I'm a member of DOGS: Developers Of Great Software.
Randell Jesup, Commodore Engineering {uunet|rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!jesup