Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!lll-winken!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!Kreme From: Kreme@cup.portal.com (Lewis Kreme Butler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: More on the ever popular subjet of Piracy... Message-ID: <18941@cup.portal.com> Date: 30 May 89 00:31:37 GMT References: <8905290012.aa14116@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 27 Murph -- There is a consistant fallicy running through all of your posts that I think needs to be corrected. You assume that every person who gets a pirated ware would have bought it if it weren't available as a pirated ware. This is rediculous. The only thing I have that I use that I haven't paid for (yet) is ProSel, and that is only because I am reformatting my HDs, and want to wait until I get the new ROM to order the latest PreSel. I am using Proterm right this second, but that is because my purchase of Talk is Cheap is pending... [I can't stand ProTERM, and don't think it is worth a third of the price Greg is charging]. I HAVE lots of things I have bought, including Gauntlet //e (you thought gs version was bad! :) and Thecder //e (horrid). I would NEVER, EVER buy these. NEVER! I don't even use them now (I looked at them when they were first out). However, I did just go out and BUY a copy of PIRATES, which I have been playing for about a monthand a half on the pirated ware. And I will actually continue to use the Pirated version since it is superior to the original (no custom ProDOS format). But you think the fact that I have Thexder //e and Gauntlet //e is stealing? It can't be taking money away from the companyu, since I would never (EVER) buy either of these pieces of garbage. Just because a pirate has a ware does not mean that he would have bought it for $50 if he couldn't get it free. ------ Note: Ever notice how 99.9% of all pirates are Male? Wonder why.... ------