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Re: Top Ten Software Rip-offs, 1992-07-13

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From: mathew
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1992 16:45
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sellswor@jarthur.claremont.edu (Scott Ellsworth) writes:
>   Many US made products, especially those with encryption and
> related compression algorithms may not be exported.  This is a 
> good enough reason to make two versions to me.

Yeah, right.  Cut all the encryption stuff out of the program, then sell the
version with *fewer* features at the *higher* price.

Sounds fair to me.


mathew
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