Re: Source Code for OS?

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Simon Biber wrote (in response):
>
>> Give me one example of any Apple DOs 3.3 software that is
>> currently being sold by its original copyright owner.
>
>Terrapin Logo. They still sell both the Dos 3.3 and ProDOS versions.

Good for them for keeping the product on their price list--BUT,
I doubt that their sales of this product make that a good
business decision.  ;-)

>>It does not
>> count that some people are selling used copies of this old software,
>> because these will sell (I myself will buy them) regardless
>> of their availability for free download,
>
>But their availability for free download means that only people who need the
>original media or the manuals will buy a used copy. If it wasn't available
>then everyone would have to buy used and the value would go up heaps. By
>making it available for free you are robbing these legitimate users of the
>software of the value of their investment.

Hmm. So it is "wrong" for a company to significantly drop the
price of a product after I buy it?  How do you feel about the
original authors releasing their products now as freeware?

Sorry--you bought it, you got it.  You cannot expect to
be "protected" from market changes.  (Unless you like
the way the diamond cartel works.)

-michael

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