Re: Net piracy? +++

[yoshi@CSOS.ORST.EDU (Yoshi)]

Eric Veum (veum@math.arizona.edu) wrote:
: Then go ahead and leave.  The reason the apple 2 is dying is people
: are still trying to make money selling programs for this computer.

	I agree with you 100% here, Eric.

	The machines' market is dead. It's been proved over and over.
	You cannot make a living off of selling Apple II-based
	software. Sorry guys, it just ain't gonna cut it anymore.

	I will *ALWAYS* support the II series though. I don't wanna
	pay a large sum of $ for a program, nor am I going to pay
	a huge sum of $ for a damn SCSI card, or any other hardware
	for that matter. 

: I honestly cannot fathom why anyone would try to make a living writing
: code on a 65c02 (besides maybe a comunications program)

	Erm... 65c02, or 65c816, IMHO. The entire point of most
	of the free-based programming groups is to keep the
	machine alive. It's the reason we're *NOT* charging for
	our utils or programs: Because we KNOW no one's going
	to pay us. The # of people who pay shareware these days
	is depleting so quickly it's not even funny. Hell, I admit
	straight off: I've *NEVER* paid any shareware fees. Never.
	There's also a lot of those programs which say "Delete
	me in 10 days" which I haven't deleted.

	Shareware fees, when they were introduced, were around
	$1 to $5 bucks. Now? Oh gee, gotta boost that price up to
	$20 or $30 there, gotta try to make a living off of my
	software.

	Bzzzzt.

: If the apple2 is truely going to stay alive, there needs to be a concerted
: effort to spread free public domain programs around, before the
: software base is lost forever....and those pirated games.  The authors
: have long since made their money off of them, and if they were still
: interested in making money, they WOULD find a way to market them

	Mm... I'm not going to say anything about the piracy issue,
	for the fact that i'm just not going to say anything about it.

	...but yeah. To keep these machines alive, we need dedication.
	Not this "Well, i'm happy to program for the IIGS, but hey,
	I need $ to want to do it" - BZZZZZT. WRONG ANSWER, GUYS.
	The correct answer is: "Well, i'm thrilled to program for
	the IIGS... No $, no nothing. I do it because I wanna see
	the machine live."

	Where's the damn FTA when we need them to follow-up posts, eh?
	Olivier, come back! ;-)

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