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Re: Flames & Motivation for programmers
MJMahon (mjmahon@aol.com) wrote:
: Alexander,
: I assume from the wording of your reply that you are at
: least partly responding to my post regarding market size
: and programmer motivations. Thanks for reading it! ;-)
Well, sorry, to be honest, I didn't. I was mainly angry about
this extremely stupid "A different approach" postings. These
guys obviously did not have a clue. I have. (Sorry, Clue) ;)
: I, too, am a long-time Apple II programmer, and although
: there may be quite a few of us left, there are certainly
: _very_ few who could claim to make a living at it!
What programs did you do/are you doing for the Apple II?
: >This gives a hint to the fact that piracy is very much like a hit in the
: >face of a programmer.
: I'm not sure I understand what you mean here. If I have already had
: the joy of doing it, then "piracy" is just a very effective way to
: distribute
: the software for purposes of showing off and sharing!
Well, not exactly. If you want to do something that should be spread
all around the world, you upload it to ftp and tell the people its
there - for free. Copying it is no piracy then (and selling it on a CD,
btw. isn't too!).
The other thing is that when you want to print a nice documentation, put
the software into a nice jewel case and the like, and help people like
Joe Kohn to continue what he does.
: I predict that within a year, or two at most, Joe will quit in a
: combination
: of disgust and desire for an easier way to make pocket money. No doubt
: this will be blamed on pirates, etc. But, in fact, it's just market
: reality.
Hm. I am not sure if he needs to quit. If the job takes less and less time
to do, he won't have much trouble continuing it.
Well, I am going to ask himself, instead of talking...
: Then who will be able to complain that they are being hurt? (Of course,
: there will still be a lot of people who are simply "right" or "legal" with
: no consideration of appropriateness or pragmatism.
: -michael
: Email: mjmahon@aol.com
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