Re: I'm at a loss for words

[guenter@student.uni-kl.de (Marvin)]

Charles A. Plater (cplater@rattlehead.pass.wayne.edu) wrote:
: I was beginning to regret selling my GS, but I can tell you that I am very
: glad that I did not that I see that the current batch of Apple II people
: are willing to follow Dr. Tom, rather than Nathan Mates.  I have been an
: Apple IIgs user since they were introduced, and I powed one for the past 3
: years.  I can tell you that Nathan Mates has actually written usefull
: programs for the GS, while Dr. Tom has done nothing but propogate pirated
: warez (I know that he says someone else did it, so let's not get into
: that.)  Dr. Tom scares me, and if people here are going to take his word
: of Nathan Mates, I'm outta here.

There is a small but important difference, between propagating and
tolerating piracy. I think vendors and pirates can co-exist as long as
everyone BUYS good programs and uses pirated copies mainly for backup
purposes. I bet that Dr. Tom thinks the same.

                                      - Marvin -