Re: You Get What You Pay For

[boylek@aix.rpi.edu (Kevin J Boyle II)]

In article <ad24688@pro-applejacks.cts.com> flash@pro-applejacks.cts.com (Glenn Koproske) writes:
>This is starting to get on my nerves.  I see repeated posts from people
>looking for a FREE telecommunications package or a FREE desktop publishing
>system.  Get real.  Back in the good old days, Apple II'ers would shell out
>real money for ProTERM and PublishIt!.  Now, college kids with FREE access
>to the Internet want everything for nothing.  Sheesh.
>
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Well, excuse those of us who are getting a good education, and paying through
the nose for it.  I'm glad you can afford to buy very good telecommunications
software, but for those of us shelling out $25K+ a year to go to school, we
don't have the money to run out and buy every piece of software we think we
might need.  My InterNET access is hardly free, and I certainly don't want
everything for nothing.  I would be willing to pay the $75 for ProTERM, if I
had it, however, as it is, I could barely afford the $400 dollars for books
this semester.  So, if you find it annoying that people CAN'T afford
top-quality software, and choose not to pirate software, instead asking for
a freeware alternative, TOUGH.

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