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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Autocad
Message-ID: <674@corpane.UUCP>
Date: 24 May 89 20:26:03 GMT
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Organization: Corpane Industries Inc., Louisville, KY
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In article <199@dms3b1.UUCP> dave@dms3b1.UUCP (Dave Hanna) writes:
" Okay, possibly dumb idea here, but what if some of us whiz-bang program-
"ming types were to approach the product managers at some of these companies,
"(and I'm not just talking AutoCAD, but all the business areas that we don't
"have adequate representation.) with a proposal that they license their
"source code to us, we port to the Amiga, give it back to them to sell,
"we get a percentage of Amiga sales.

I am afraid that most of these companies would not license their software to
anyone outside of their company. From their viewpoint it would be too risky to
let some outside programmer get a copy of their source code. 

If I was AutoDesk and some programmers who I never heard of approached me with
such a plan, I would politely tell them that I was sorry, but the source code
is confidential and that I couldn't consider their plan at this time.


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