Re: OMG!

["Frank Townsend" <ftownsen@iamdigex.net>]

Well stated!!!!!


"Bruce Baker" <Bruce.Baker@juge.com> wrote in message
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> I think someone summarized it properly when they said you are trying to
talk
> down the market.  But I think it is clear that the market for original
software
> is going up not down.  It would go up even more if the option to download
it
> didn't exist.
>
> Your point is to legitimize getting it free or cheap.  Knock offs yes.
But w/o
> docs they are not so useful.  With downloaded doc, after your effort to
print
> them out, wouldn't it have been just cheap and certianly nicer looking to
have
> just bought them?  Sure it would.  Do it once or twice and you pat
yourself on
> the back for getting something for nothing.  But after a while this gets
> tiresome and maybe you may break down and buy the original.  Or if you
really
> use the program a lot, you may buy the original just to have the real
thing.
>
> The is a great and noble role for resellers, Joe Kohn is not exactly a
reseller
> but he is keeping otherwise old software new.  For those who want the real
> thing, not a knock off.  If you use it enough, you should buy a real copy.
>
> People on here seem to try to denigrate that role.  But I think it is a
noble
> one and should be loudly applauded.
>
> There is a subset of this group that wants to glorify scrounging.  There
are
> good kinds of scrounging and then there are kinds that are not so good.
>
> You might be one who wants to take the plunge and buy some original
software
> for you cheap hobbyist computer, just for fun.
>
> Bruce