Re: CD of all Files on Asimov

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <51hc1g$fo5@crl4.crl.com>, Joe Kohn <joko@crl.com> wrote:
>Obviously, I'm going to be thinking twice before purchasing any more excess
>Apple II inventory. I've just been offered a deal to purchase some excellent
>IIGS software in bulk from another IIGS company who is soon going the way of
>the dodo, but I just can't afford to take the risk. So...that's at least one
>very real, concrete, example of how "people downloading ancient software are
>harming current developers" and, dare I say it, themselves.

<sarcasm on>
   Oh yeah, piracy never hurt a single one of the game developers
a number of years ago. They all left the market because of payoffs
by IBM, never because they couldn't make a buck. And they all left
as late as possible because of all the profits; no games never came
out because the legitimate profits from earlier games weren't enough
to cover the cost of a new game.
<sarcasm off>

   Piracy hurt us in the past, it's hurting us now, and it'll hurt us
in the future. 

Nathan Mates
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