Re: Nathan Mates (was Re: OMG!)

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

Sheldon Simms <sheldon@interprice.com> wrote in message
20010425.202758.841148365.17783@ip148.interprice.vi">news:20010425.202758.841148365.17783@ip148.interprice.vi...
> Im Artikel <3AE70109.D7493314@inetnebr.com> schrieb "Roy and/or Janet
> Miller" <millers@inetnebr.com>:
>
> > That isn't true. Nathan Mates was a programmer/developer. He was driven
> > off by the community, because, in his mind, the community tolerated
> > pirates. So, you are wrong. Care to try a different tack?
>
> Speaking of Nathan Mates. Yes he was a programmer/developer.

Hmmnnn... wonder what platform he programs for now? I don't think there is
one that has less piracy than the Apple II.  I think it more likely that
these programmers saw their business evaporating and blamed it on "piracy."
The reality is that the Apple II was no longer a mainstream platform, so
demand for their work imploded. You don't have to be Freud to see that they
can't handle this matter-of-fact reality.
All this shrieking and gnashing of teeth about "piracy" is denial.  These
people can't handle the fact that the world has passed them by.
-Paul