Re: Asimov Mirror Sites Access Information

[a2mg@aol.comNomail (The Apple II Mail Group)]

> At the time Awks 5 became available for free download it was well past its
prime as a money-maker for the only distributor.

At the time Awks 5 became available for free download, efforts were being made
to obtain the rights to develop and release an even newer, bug-free version.
There would always have been buyers, even if it were only a few hundred. Even
if a full version update wasn't done, a free, bug-fix update could have.

> A check with Scantron's A2 rep revealed that sales were nearly non-existent

Since when is Scantron's sales rep in charge of releasing their products for
download?

I agree a price reduction would have been good; in fact there already were
severe price reductions if you owned AppleWorks 4, and you knew the right words
to say.

>If the copyright owner does not object to having an old product
>distributed to thousands of appreciative users, why should you?

I already said why. At the time it was first uploaded, it still produced an
income for the programmers, as did some of  the TimeOuts, which were uploaded
at the same time.  And, it's a lousy upload. Whoever put that cluster of files
and instructions together didn't know what he was doing.

To be honest, I haven't seen much evidence that the downloads are being used.
The obvious questions aren't being asked, etc.

I agree that the debate is boring and I'm surprised to see it still going on.
At least we have other boards that we can use to discuss Apple II's.

Beverly Cadieux 
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