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Article #21282Re: The Path of True Enlightenment (was Re: Piracy of software)
From: Warwick Allison
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 01:57
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 01:57
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dmb@case.ai.mit.edu (David Baggett) writes:
>Crippleware -- how does that differ from commercial software? If I
>force you to buy it, what's the difference?
"Try before you buy". That's ANOTHER trouble with commercial s/w - too
much of it is crap. And we can hardly expect that s/w companies will
accept returned goods with a smiling face...
You're not FORCED to buy crippleware... you can just delete it... ie.
return it... if you don't like it.
>If MicroSquish released
>all their software as crippleware, would you still not bash them at
>every opportunity?
Yes, I would still not bash them at every opportunity.
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Warwick
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