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- From: sage@LL.MIT.EDU (Jay Sage)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
- Subject: Turbo Pascal
- Message-ID: <9211200954.AA29892@LL.MIT.EDU>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 14:54:11 GMT
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- Lasse Hiller|e Petersen's information about the origin of Turbo Pascal
- was very interesting; I had not heard that before. I remember talk about
- origins of Turbo Pascal in France, where Philippe Kahn grew up, I
- understand. This was the first I heard of a Danish connection. It would be
- interesting to see if there would be another avenue to get some rights to
- the code.
-
- I normally speak out against pirating commercial software (and not only
- because I am a developer myself), but in situations like this -- where the
- person who wants the software is offering payment but the payment is refused
- by the producer -- I say nothing against disks being passed around.
- Probably Borland does not even mind that. These big companies, I am told,
- worry about legal entanglements in connection with offering the software for
- sale but not supporting it, or even from giving it away.
-
- -- Jay Sage
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