Re: A2Central.com

["Flaymerz" <anonymous@cotse.com>]

>I believe that the pirate element of Apple II on the web 
>(especially csa2) has to go. It must end, right now. (I 
>kept saying to myself - how did this happen??) The 
presence 
>of Sheppy and other legitimate developers on the web 
is a 
>big step toward that goal. I am so happy to see some 
>activity in that area, finally.

Oh Bev, you are such a control freak.

If someone downloads a copy of Appleworks from an 
FTP site instead of buying a used copy off of you 
(assuming you'll ALLOW them the privilege of buying it 
off you!).... guess what?  The publisher and developers 
aren't getting hurt by that.  They have already made all 
the money from that program that they will EVER make.  
The only person getting hurt by that so-called "piracy" is 
the sucker who has collected piles of used disks in her 
closet.

If I want to play with Crossword Magic 2.0 from 1981, 
I'm surely not going to wait for it to show up on eBay or 
post a wanted-to-buy ad here.  I'll download it.  L&S 
Computerware -- the entity being protected by copyright 
-- would not suffer any financial loss by my 
downloading it because they haven't been in business 
for YEARS.

Please, enough of your posturing on piracy.  You and 
QC have both become quite tiresome.

It's a wonder you manage to make any money at all 
considering how you limit your "market" the way you do.  
I couldn't believe you passed up the free publicity on 
A2Central.com that Eric offered when you announced 
your disk of the month or whatever it was.  Sheesh, it's 
one thing to take all your toys and go home, but when 
you're in "business" (and I use that term loosely in your 
case) to sell your toys, then declining free advertising 
because of some silly grudge match is just shooting 
yourself in the foot.

flaymerz