Re: In Retrospect.....

[kloesch@nauticom.net (Kevin Loesch)]

        If you really believe this then you have no idea what the current 
commercial software market is like. Dozens of software companies are biting 
the dust every month in the booming PC market. How the hell do you think 
anyone would have the chance of making it in the long dead Apple 2 market? 
These few remaining developers that are whining about piracy killing their 
products don't want to admit or face the truth, that they made an extremely 
stupid business decision by trying to make money on the Apple II. 


>> #6 - Software support dried up because of a lack of users, not an
>> abundance of pirates. There is a difference. True A2 software developers
>> don't care about the $$$. They do it for the love.
>
>
>They have to now, since there clearly is no money in it. Piracy ensured
>that a market couldn't stay afloat. Lack of users may have killed the A2
>software market. Piracy rammed a stake through its heart.

Kevin Loesch
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