Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Piracy Message-ID: <8905231040.aa00906@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Date: 23 May 89 13:30:57 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 31 >Ok, let's face it, Pirating is wrong, but some companies ask for it when they >try to sell something like Gauntlet GS for $35. To me that is the same as >saying "pirate me, pirate me, pirate me." Warz like Merlin 16+, Paintworks >Gold, etc., are worth the cash (if you're a developer), but some stuff SHOULD >be pirated in protest of trying to cheat the public out of their hard earned >money. No, no, no!!! The ONLY moral way to protest over-priced products is DON'T BUY THEM! If a product is worth having, then it's worth paying for. You can't rationalize shoplifting on the grounds that your local department store's prices are too high -- you wait for a sale. If software is truly overpriced (hardware too as it happens), then one or more dealers will find they have too much inventory that's not moving and, by mail order or "sale," the price will come down. Has it occurred to you that there IS A CONNECTION between the level of piracy and the desertion of the Apple 2 market by large numbers of software developers (who find the Apple 2 market unprofitable)? The Macintosh market has a reputation of not only paying for the software but of having a willingness to pay for "premium software." So, if you're going to whine about all the new stuff being developed for the Mac you can't in good conscience rationalize piracy. Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] Prof. of Marketing Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] (203) 486-5246 [FAX] (203) 486-2489 [PHONE] 41 49N 72 15W [ICBM] -+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited)