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From: swordfis@pnet51.cts.com (Tim Mitchell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Software Development And Piracy (Spurred By FTL replies)
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Date: 19 Dec 88 22:05:16 GMT
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Almost time to move this to Email, but I can't resist an update.
I am well aware of the effects of magnets, heat, etc. on disks. You can trust
me when I tell you that the disk was defective straight out of the box.
In fact, I followed my normal procedure: unwrap the package, power up, insert
disk and give the manual a quick once-over while the disk loads. 
So it was back to my friendly dealer to exchange the disk. Since that was the
last copy of DM the store had, I exchanged it for a copy of Dagon's Lair,
paying the price difference in cash. (Er, c/dagon's/dragon's.) See it coming
yet? I scurried home, and popped my brand new -- and defective -- copy of
Dragon's Lair into the drive. 
The defect just kept resetting my Amiga instead of loading -- "Chunk, click,
click, reset. Chunk, click, click, reset." Tell me that's* not because of
an error in the protection scheme. There is nothing wrong with my Df0:. Both
Arkanoid and 3 Stooges load dandy.
So today, it was hippity-hoppity back t my dealer, for yet another exchange.
Of course, they had hadonly one copy of Dragon's Lair in stock, and hadn't 
got in new copies of DM yet. (To be fair, we're talking a span of three days.)
So I got a game that worked in exchange -- in fact, I had them let me test my
copy in the store. The game? Rocket Ranger. It's manual* protected, and it
works.
Now, I'm still disappointed. I mean, Rocket Ranger was my third choice out of
the three. I still* want to buy DM, and will* as soon as it's back in stock.
I'm just disappointed that some of the imagination and effort that went into
the game couldn't have been carried over to a protection scheme that is a
little easier on the customer.

And as for musicians being wealthier than programmers, please remember that
for every David Lee Roth, there are thousands* like me. 

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