Re: Raise the Jolly Roger!

["John Van Winkle" <john-vw@sbcglobal.net>]

That was a nice machine picked up from the dump......


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> Sean Fahey wrote:
> > "Zorin the Lynx" <yakko@zorin.org> wrote in message
> > news:ct98ve$shq$1@ottoman.cs.fiu.edu...
> >
> > > Is software like Proterm still making the authors a reasonable sum
> of
> > > money? If not, how come it hasn't been open-sourced? (If it is
> somehow
> > > making oodles of cash, then never mind, of course };) )
> >
> > Zorin, this isn't an answer to you personally - just a rant.
> >
> > I doubt at $20, it's making oodles of anything for Intrec. But
> consider that
> > for $20 you not only get the license, you also get a professionally
> bound
> > (and highly detailed) manual, the media, etc. You don't get a cheesy
> > photocopied manual or a PDF you have to print out yourself.
> >
>
> I don't think anyone is suggesting they mail out all that for free. But
> frankly, the $60 they were asking when I first needed a com program was
> way more than I was willing to spend on an obsolete computer I saved
> from the trash. So I downloaded a few comm programs from the archives,
> and found that Agate worked well enough to meet my needs- and I had it
> running in a few minutes. I didn't care that it didn't come with a
> bound manual.
>
> Very nice of them to now offer it for $20. That's what I paid for
> MusicMatch, modern software that is updated regularly and which I use
> regularly.
>
> If I'd had to pay thru the nose for Shrinkit, a comm program, etc, I
> would have tossed that IIc back in the trash.
>
> > Now here's my button. There ARE people who can't afford $20 to buy a
> > program - fixed income, disability, etc.... sometimes it's the reason
> > they're still using the Apple II (free, cheap, easy - like me)
>
> I just gave away a 400 mhz PC to a person like that, and set her up
> with dialup internet access for an affordable $5.50/mo. (550access.com)
> I picked up a 1 ghz Athlon with 512 meg or RAM and a 30 gig hd for $5
> at the dump, so I didn't need the 400 mhz computer any more.
>
> Considering that, I can't imagine someone using an Apple II to "save
> money".
>
> > but crikey,
> > I've met plenty that are just cheap, freeloading jerks.
>
> I prefer *thrifty*. ;-))
> Waste not, want not. There's nothing noble about throwing away money.
> -Paul
>