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Received: from awinc.com (awinc.com [199.175.168.2]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA16156 for <executor@nacm.com>; Fri, 25 Aug 1995 10:42:05 -0700 Received: from desk.jdksoftware.com by awinc.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #4) id m0sm2dE-00058EC; Fri, 25 Aug 95 10:33 PDT Received: (from jeffk@localhost) by desk.jdksoftware.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) id KAA00226; Fri, 25 Aug 1995 10:40:03 -0700 Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 10:40:03 -0700 (PDT) From: jeffk <jeffk@awinc.com> X-Sender: jeffk@desk.jdksoftware.com To: executor@nacm.com Subject: Pirates In-Reply-To: <199508251343.JAA22188@taz.WPI.EDU> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950825101707.129E-100000@desk.jdksoftware.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk On Fri, 25 Aug 1995, Bernie Doehner wrote: > > Not sure if I said this before, but I am one of these people. I have a > big problem spending money on software in the first place, and even more > so on pre-production stuff. Once a Linux svgalib production level > version is out, I have no problem spending $50 (ed discount or > whatever), but if it costs much more than that, I probably would try to > get it pirated or buy one copy and split it between 2 or 3 of my > buddies. > > Bernie > WHAT??!!!! I just DON'T understand this! If Executor didn't exist, the only alternative would be to BUY A MAC. That is MUCH more that $50.00 Therefore Executor is worth MORE than $50.00. It is this sort of thing that makes me recommend a copy protection scheme. I remember a interesting copy protection scheme my friend told me that he saw on his NeXT. He was 'trying' out an app. He changed the 'Registration' information on it. It changed properly. The next time he ran the program he saw his modem light up. The program was trying to e-mail the authors to tell them about an un-authorized copy. It even set up a cron job to repeatedly send it every day. Please people, if you need to use executor but can't afford it, then DON'T USE IT! The price is completely reasonable. Don't steal! If you you, may the bad karma come back and erase your hard disk and backups! I am a Linux user as well, Bernie. Remember that the GNU PUBLIC LICENSE and the FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION have NOTHING to do with software that doesn't cost any money. The 'FREE' that they refer to is your FREEDOM to access the source code and modify it. It costs money to develop and support software. Be fair. $50.00 is the cost of a few pizzas and beer! Do you eat pizza? ------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Jeff Koftinoff --- jeffk@awinc.com --------- --- Internet Monitoring and Filtering Software --- --- Multimedia and Embedded Systems Programming --- --- http://www.xmission.com/~seer/jdksoftware/ --- -------------------------------------------------------