Re: Nathan vs Rubywand: Choose sides?

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wboomsma@freemail.nl (Wijtze Boomsma) wrote:

>DAMM...
>
>If we all had been such $%@^(!@ ant-@(&^$ (mierenneukers) in the past
>about paying fees, and protecting software, the Apple II(gs) might still
>have existed with a larger market.

I agree with this assessment.  A larger market can do wonders.
I was emailed by CMD, a Commodore 64 and C128 developer, in
regards to a C= drive interface cable for the Apple II to control C=
drives (which are capable of reading and writing MFM MS-DOS).
The representative basically said that it is very possible to
control the drives on the SmartPort, but the A2 market is too
small for them to see making a reasonable investment.  That
explains why we have less hardware development than the
Commodore world...

A second reason is probably....Commodore developers still
give a damn about their OWN copyrighted software.  Not some
self-proclaimed cop seeing pirates all over the place, when the
author of GeoFAX discovered that someone uploaded his
commercial software to a BBS, Commodore users lined up in
support of him (and he was willing to make the effort to protect
his own software).

It is not like our hardware is inferior -- we have Wolf 3D and they
don't!

>Since I've silently switched to the Mac, nothing has changed in here.
>Same discussions. Remarkably, Dr. Tom has disappeared, but nothing has
>bettered.

Since Dr. Tom disapeared, the trash has halved, but THAT OTHER
ASSHOLE is still here (and that's NOT Rubywand).

When someone is dancing around, acting like a jerk, and attacking
everyone who tries to enjoy the Apple II (I am NOT a pirate), then
you end up with shit like this.