Re: OMG!

["Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>]

Bruce Baker <Bruce.Baker@juge.com> wrote in message
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> I think someone summarized it properly when they said you are trying to
talk
> down the market.  But I think it is clear that the market for original
software
> is going up not down.

You think it is clear that the market for original software is going up, not
down...
That has to be one of the funniest statements I've heard! Yeah, and Apple's
shipment of Apple II's is just as clearly going up, not down. Bwahaha!

>
> Your point is to legitimize getting it free or cheap.  Knock offs yes.
But w/o
> docs they are not so useful.  With downloaded doc, after your effort to
print
> them out, wouldn't it have been just cheap and certianly nicer looking to
have
> just bought them?  Sure it would.  Do it once or twice and you pat
yourself on
> the back for getting something for nothing.  But after a while this gets
> tiresome and maybe you may break down and buy the original.

Ah. See, that's my idea of fun. It may be tiresome for you, but figuring out
something difficult my idea of a good time. In fact, I don't USE my Apple
II's for anything. I had the most fun just downloading and creating boot
disks and getting binscii and Shrinkit working, and then getting the telecom
stuff going. But no, I'm not going to do my word processing or email on a
low-res screen.

  Or if you really
> use the program a lot, you may buy the original just to have the real
thing.
>

All the programs I use a lot (Shrinkit, Shrinkit GS, GSOS, for example) are
free downloads.

> The is a great and noble role for resellers, Joe Kohn is not exactly a
reseller
> but he is keeping otherwise old software new.  For those who want the real
> thing, not a knock off.  If you use it enough, you should buy a real copy.
>

I've looked at Joe's stuff. I have no interest in any of it. I wish him
well, hope he gets rich selling it, but I don't want or need any of it, and
I have no plans to buy any of it. Nor do I want or need any of the other new
software. I have boxes and boxes of great Apple II software, more than I've
had time to play with.

> People on here seem to try to denigrate that role.  But I think it is a
noble
> one and should be loudly applauded.
>

I'm still not interested in buying any of it. Noble? I think what Rubywand,
David Empson, Wayne Stewart, Supertimer et al do is noble. And they don't
ask a dime for their considerable expertise.

> There is a subset of this group that wants to glorify scrounging.  There
are
> good kinds of scrounging and then there are kinds that are not so good.
>

I only do the finest scrounging, I can assure you, but it's an essential
element of the fun. If you're not into that, fine, it leaves more nuggets
for me.

> You might be one who wants to take the plunge and buy some original
software
> for you cheap hobbyist computer, just for fun.
>

That doesn't sound like fun to me. Maybe you like gambling too. I've never
been able to understand how throwing away money could be fun. It's not fun
for me. I don't spend money on things I don't want or need.
I hope you're getting the picture. You want to buy that stuff, be my guest,
but I'm not interested.
-Paul