Re: OMG!

["J.Q.P." <jqp@hotmail.com>]

Frank Townsend wrote:
> 
> Perhaps I'm an outlier, but I buy software from eBay and other sources all
> the time to run and not to gaze at.

Hear, hear! 

I had said earlier in this thread that I'd bought
a piece of Apple II software released in '84ish, for
$31. (with shipping it would up being almost $37)
Someone interpreted it as a "nostalgia" purchase
but I have and intend to continue to put it to -USE-.

Further, I said that if there a way I could buy it in
new condition, I would.   While that may be unrealistic
at this point...to modify someone elses idea...I'd like
to see a website, or network of websites that would
allow a person to purchase (albeit at a much reduced
price),  a legitimate copy of a program, with full
documentation (i.e. an unmolested, virus-free archive,
with docs, perhaps scanned originals in PDF format),
with the proceeds routed to the original authors.

This would essentially give an extended life to a
piece of software, even after it becomes unprofitable
in terms of packaging, media, and printed docs.

Of course, this may as well be a pipe dream too.
Who'd buy a legit copy (even at $2.00) when you can
swipe it for free at asimov.

If a piece of software is useful (even after all this
time), i'd like to have the ability to pay and reward
the original authors -- even if all they ask for is a
token sum.   It would say something very good about
the community, rather than the "lets declare the
Apple II dead so that we can, with clear conscience,
feast upon the warez for our emulators" sentiment some
are pushing.

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jqp
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