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Re: OMG!

Howe Family <khowe@omninet.net.au> wrote
>
> What makes you so sure there is 0 effective market?

OK, just curious: how many times have your programs been downloaded, and how
many shareware fees have you received?

I think perhaps
> people come to that conclusion because they hang out here and think it's
> the centre of the Apple II universe. comp.sys.apple2 isn't the centre of
> the A2 universe, it's a back alley leading to the sewer.

Heh heh....  We help a lot of newbies here and answer a lot of questions.
The idea of asking for money to do that wouldn't occur to us. We do this for
fun.  The smell you refer to comes from people like you, zombies who died
years ago and periodically crawl out of their A2Central.com crypt to come
here and try to recapture a little of life.

> most of those hanging out
> here are more interested in what they can steal than supporting current
> development.
>

Actually, I'm more interested in keeping a piece of history alive. I have no
interest in new stuff, ideally my Apple II's would be historically accurate.
New software? How gauche! I'd just as soon put a digital readout on a
grandfather clock.
You guys flatter yourself by claiming we want to steal your lame creations,
and try to lump yourselves in with the Greats, the people who created A2
software 15 years ago.

>
> If you really are interested in the Apple II and its future, you should
> pay your $10 and try joining A2Central.com for a month.

Ten dollars!  A princely sum, considering I've paid less for IIgs system
complete with hard disk.

I think you
> would be very surprised to see how much is going on. The Apple II isn't
> finished yet, as long as people enjoy using it and creating for it. How
> about being part of those who build it up, instead of pulling it down.
>

Aren't you they guy who just just said  "comp.sys.apple2 isn't the centre of
the A2 universe, it's a back alley leading to the sewer?"
Yet here you are, slumming in CSA2 and "being part of those who build it
up."
Bwahaha!
-Paul