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From: paul@pro-europa.cts.com (Paul Hutmacher)
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Subject: Re: Piracy
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Date: 26 May 89 02:11:43 GMT
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| 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.

Thank you Mr. Sewall!

I finally woke to the same fact about two months ago after watching the
software market for the IIgs practically dry up over a period of time. Since
then I've started looking for software houses that will let me return products
I don't like.

Consider a local software outlet that has a money back guarantee. You buy it,
take it home, and if you don't like the product you return it for a full
refund or an exchange.

You can't go wrong with that.

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