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In article <1g9uprINNqaj@rs1.rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE> aeg03@rrz.uni-koeln.de (Jan T. Kim) writes:
>In <1992Dec10.163208.17015@microware.com> jejones@microware.com (James Jones) writes:
>
>>In article <1g5lrqINNp3t@rs1.rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE> kim@vax.mpiz-koeln.mpg.dbp.de writes:
>>>I don't subscribe to this point of  view  at  all.  This  way  of
>>>looking at things overlooks the central fact that software piracy
>>>is tightly coupled to software overpricing...
>
>>Overpricing according to whom?  According to the people trying to rationalize
>>software theft?
>
>The fact  that  people  who  pirate  stuff  out  of  sheer  greed
>sometimes  like  to  abuse  this argument does not invalidate it.
>Software is overpriced according to a lot of  sensible  lines  of
>reasoning.  E.g. a good fantasy book is very comparable to a good
>fantasy game, in terms of intellectual effort and time  it  takes
>to  produce them. Nonetheless, a game is typically 10 to 20 times
>more expensive than a book. I think it perfectly appropriate  and
>justified to call this software overpricing.
>
>Greetinx, Jan

If software is overpriced, don't buy it. The price of what you
steal doesn't magically change what you are doing, therefore you
are still a thief if you steal things. 

There have been cases where an overpriced software product was
undercut by a competitor (eg Dbase-FoxPro) who provided similar
functionality at a lower price. 

Look, if you're gonna steal software, be honest enough to admit that
you're too cheap to buy it. Don't take some bogus lofty higher moral
justification. This is not directed at you personally Jan, just my 
general frothing-at-the-mouth reaction to hearing the same old
excuses :-)

Well, I've probably inserted my foot far enough into my mouth to 
produce some reaction :-)

Mike Healy

healy@nosc.mil