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From: gl8f@astsun9.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: ST S/ware Rental Places
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Date: 1 Feb 90 00:25:22 GMT
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In article <34467@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> stowe@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (stowe) writes:
#In article <NVXS1^@rpi.edu> kudla@pawl.rpi.edu (Robert J. Kudla) writes:
# >In <26747@brunix.UUCP> rjd@cs.brown.edu (Rob Demillo) writes:
# >
# >> A software pirate can literally mass produce 100's of copies
# >> of software an hour.
# >I can see perhaps even 50 copies in an hour, but "100's"? Baloney.
#Times how many machines?

Maple comes with a 403 page reference manual and a 115 page tutorial.
I'd be hard-pressed to copy this quickly. It also comes with support,
which no pirate can copy. Maple is good software, and costs good money
for a reason. It also has a little built-in anti-pirate protection
because of the good manuals.

Can we stop beating this dead horse already? It was boring a year ago
when we had an inconclusive discussion about it.


Greg Lindahl
gl8f@virginia.edu                                  Astrophysicists for Choice.