re: You get what you pay for

[FORDE@UV6.EGLIN.AF.MIL]

>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.


Is he serious!!  Gee, I thought the guy was just rephrasing what I've seen 
almost daily on this net:  Where are the best ftp sites?  Give him a break! 
Otherwise you'd better be prepared to slam every programmer who has put his 
stuff up for freeware/shareware use.  As for the good old days, I seem to 
remember about 20% of the people bought the stuff and everyone else pirated 
copies.  Maybe I was only exposed to a degenerate crowd but there are still 
quite a few folks who don't pay their shareware fees.  I seriously doubt 
the something for nothing approach is limited to the college kids of today.

Eric S. Ford
forde@uvg.eglin.af.mil