Re: Why is Apple IIGS software not free

[David Ong Tat-Wee <ongtw@iscs.nus.edu.sg>]

pubpc1@library.ucla.edu wrote:
: Agreed.  If we were not so fragmented and fighting all the time,
: we'd have even more new software and hardware.

: Which has been dead longer, C64/128 or Apple II?  C64/128 of course,
: but a little less than two years ago, they got a super accelerator
: that beats the Zip GS and TransWarp GS.  The C64 people are willing
: ...

IMHO, Apple II users are the most disunited group of people.  Just too
bad that the world isn't perfect.....

: As to the hardware being worth more than the computer, anyone who's
: ever owned a classic car (Mustang, Beetle, etc.) knows that the
: hardware needed for upkeep is more expensive than that of modern
: cars.  Why do these owners continue to buy for such obsolete autos?

Just a question:  how many Apple II users actually own/owned a classic
car and can identify with this analogy?  This argument has been used
many times, but if nobody can identify with it, then the argument is
worthless.

IMHO again, people (not all) want things for their own benefit and yet
are unwilling to pay for them.  Somehow, the majority of these people
seem to be (ex-)Apple II users.


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