Re: BSW3 - Bankstreet Writer III - Scholastic Version

[tarage <no_spam_tarage@microsoft.bellsouth.net>]

"R.A.Guy" wrote:

> Tarage wrote...
>
> << Your actions, bro, are PRECISELY why there are so few
> developers left. Next time you complain about lack of apps or lack of
> availability of apps, remember this post. Your actions are exactly why. >>
>
> Wrong oh mighty seer! The reason there are so few developers for the Apple II
> is because the Apple is a dinosaur! No one is going to get rich or make a
> living developing software or hardware for a machine that is not being
> produced. Look at a calendar! It's 2000, not 1983 or 84. Face it, if it weren't
> for that fact that it was a "fun" computer it would be like the Commodore Pet!
> You and the rest of the Vogos who keep saying that piracy has chased away the
> developers should open your eyes and minds. You don't develop new things for an

If the machine is a dinosaur, why bother ripping off the dead? Ball is back in your
court.

> antique; you write for the latest & greatest machines; the G4, the Pentium III,
> etc. One of the only reasons that Apples are still being used is that software
> through your so-called pirate sites give them a reason to be used. Stop the
> piracy and watch the Apple II totally disappear!

Eventually there's a point reached when you've reclassified (forcefully) all the
software that was developed. With no further software being released, then rigor
mortis begins -- and if developers keep getting ripped, there will be no more
software created. Have someone tread on you for a while, and see how YOU like it. I
think it's only fair that you respect the wishes of those who made the stuff. Why
is that so hard to understand? It's about respect, pure and simple.

---Tarage
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of
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