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Sender: Phil Helms (phil@mash.colorado.edu)

A little while ago I commented on software piracy in China, indicating that
even distributing your software for free there (until the market matures)
might not be a bad idea, since it could provide a customer base for future
income.

Some commentary was made on this idea to the effect, I believe, that it
would be a high risk undertaking.

I'm enclosing two items from the Edupage of August 5th to serve as additional
commentary.  (I believe the CA action was mentioned by the person who
responded to my original post... forgive me for forgetting your name...
I'm lousy with names, but will generally have a hazy recollection of a face.)

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 Phil Helms                                    Internet: PHIL@MASH.Colorado.EDU
 Community College Computer Services
 Denver, Colorado                                                Time: GMT-0600

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Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1993 14:56:01 -0400
From: edupage <edupage@IVORY.EDUCOM.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list EDUPAGE <EDUPAGE@bitnic.bitnet>
Subject: E-D-U-P-A-G-E 8/5/93

EDUPAGE. This is Edupage, a twice-weekly summary of recent news
items on information technology.  It is  provided as a service by
EDUCOM -- a consortium of leading colleges and universities seeking
to transform education through the use of information technology.
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SOFTWARE AMNESTY.  Atlanta-based Magee Enterprises is offering
amnesty to people using illegal copies of its Automenu program.
Illegal users will be able to upgrade to the latest version at the
same price that registered users will pay. The company hopes that
by turning illegal users into legal ones, it will increase future
sales.  (Atlanta Constitution 8/5/93 F2)
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BRILLIANT MARKETING.  The editor of Soft Letter, a newsletter that
reports on the software industry, calls "absolutely brilliant" the
marketing strategy of Computer Associates to give away at no charge
(except for a $6.95 handling fee) copies of their CA-Simply Money
program for personal finance, since it gives CA an enormous
installed base for future sales and upgrades.  (New York Times
8/3/93 B9)
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