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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Strong Language
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Date: 23 Feb 90 15:08:22 GMT
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In article <703@runxtsa.runx.oz.au> clubmac@runxtsa.runx.oz.au (Macintosh Users Group) writes:
>
>Personally, I look forward to seeing new stuff coming down comp.binaries.mac,
>slowly as it does. Another piece of CrippleWare that should NEVER be dispatched
>on comp.binaries.mac is GifConverter. I for one am sick and tired of people
>asking me how to remove the little 'notice' sitting in the middle of the
>conversion window, obscuring and corrupting the graphic obtained from converting
>a GIF file.  This kind of program is unnecessary, since it offers NOTHING to
>the thousands of Mac users that read comp.binaries.mac.

Nothing?  GIFConverter doesn't help Mac Plus users decode GIF files, and
isn't useful for evaluation purposes at all?
BTW, do you tell them how to remove the notice?

> CrippleWare is a
>DISEASE that must NOT be encouraged! Every man and his dog will soon be
>thinking that it is better to release a crippled version of their 'ShareWare'
>(which it no longer is, since it is CrippleWare) and try to extort money from
>people, rather than relying on ShareWare fees.

Extortion?  How is it extortion if I won't let YOU use MY program to its
fullest extent until you pay me?  Isn't this superior to the majority
of software (commercial), which requires you to pay before you use the program
at ALL?
Relying on Shareware fees is a great way of getting no compensation, in most
cases-- if crippleware allows the authors to make some money while still
providing a useful evaluation, I don't see a problem with it.  BTW, I don't
think that MacPassword is a useful evaluation without the 'high security'
protection mode enabled, but that's a separate issue.

>As for Werner Uhrig's comments, they are way out of line. The whole concept
>of offensive language is a total farce. There aren't many people who wouldn't
>scream an expletive after hitting their thumb with a hammer. The abuse of
>comp.binaries.mac with postings of CrippleWare was to me, such a blow.

As has been pointed out, most of us don't scream by posting to UseNet-- if
you are cyborged to a UseNetted machine, I'll accept that excuse, otherwise...

>This time, actually give thought to my objections to CrippleWare and the posting
>of it to comp.binaries.mac. Don't get your mind entangled in the trivial world
>of language.

Don't post language you know will be offensive to some if you want to get
people to take you seriously.
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Matthew T. Russotto	russotto@eng.umd.edu	russotto@wam.umd.edu
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