Re: Appleworks, Asimov, etc.

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Bill Carver writes ...
> 
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> (A2MG) wrote:
> 
> > Bill Carver writes:
> >
> > > We don't have time to worry about little things like this right now.
> > > What Asimov is doing is illegal, but it's not costing us anything

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> >
> > Quality may not care about "little things," but the programmers who gave their
> > time and expertise to keep AppleWorks going do. They have young families, and
> > for them, every dollar counts. A lot of other people worked as volunteers and
> > at their own expense to develop AppleWorks 4 and 5. We put our good faith in
> > Quality to support this work to the very end. In the time it took you to
> > respond to Tom and me, you could have very simply asked the pirates to remove
> > the software, and it would have been done.
> >
> >
> > Beverly Cadieux
> > TEXAS II - AppleWorks - visit our Web Site at http://members.aol.com/A2MG
> 
> We can ask the pirates to remove Appleworks from the site, and we've done
> so many times in the past.  Each time it is removed and each time
> Appleworks eventually comes back.

     The above is interesting news; but, it is rather vague. For
example, you do not specify which classic Appleworks version or versions
(e.g. classic Appleworks version 2, etc.) was the subject of the delist
requests, which site(s) the requests were made to, who made the
requests, and whether or not the delist requester was the copyright
owner.

     You have an opportunity, here, to be specific about all of the
above. 


> 
> As far as starving Apple II programmers go, they don't need to be
> starving.  It's time to go where the jobs are.  If you're programming
> exclusively for the Apple II you will starve.  (I loved my Apple II, but
> it was time to move on)

     Evidently, Beverly is willing to take her chances.

     It would take maybe 5 minutes for the copyright owner to send an
email. Now that everyone is familiar with the correct procedure for
having software removed from an Apple II archive, what harm is there in
complying with Beverly's request?

     

 
> As far as good faith goes, SQC has sold and supported Appleworks to the
> very end and beyond.  (we're past the end here folks)
> 
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     When it comes to Apple II support, SQC has been "past the end" for
quite a while. (Has SQC ever listed any Apple II products on their web
site?)  The only evidence of the least Apple II interest has come from
Gina in her role as an SQC spokesman. Gina gave it a good try; but, it
appears, she was never able to get any help from the rest of SQC.

    

Rubywand