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Re: Why is Apple IIGS software not free (rant!)



Mitch Manthey <root@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:
: In article <69h6ld$oib@nuscc.nus.sg>, David Ong Tat-Wee
: <ongtw@iscs.nus.edu.sg> wrote:

: = : As to the hardware being worth more than the computer, anyone who's
: = : ever owned a classic car (Mustang, Beetle, etc.) knows that the
: = : hardware needed for upkeep is more expensive than that of modern
: = : cars.  Why do these owners continue to buy for such obsolete autos?

: <RANT>
: Bad analogy.  I've owned several Beetles, and *new* parts are dirt cheap. 


Hey!  Watch what you're quoting.  I DID _NOT_ write the above analogy.
I was responding to someone who wrote that.  So watch what you're
quoting the next time round.  Don't attribute anything to me which I did
not write!


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