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Dave Klingler (klingler@mack.rt66.com) wrote:
: In article <aschwartz-0604950506280001@ppp-81-17.bu.edu>,
: Adam Schwartz <aschwartz@college.antioch.edu> wrote:
: >9Mos old PowerMacintosh 7100/66
: >
: >8/250/CD in perfect shape, in original box, with all original stuff 
: >Asking $2100 And shipping obo.
: >
: >I will leave the tons of native software on the HD, including photoshop
: >3.0, Pagemaker 5.0, Disktools and more...what you do with that software is
: >your deal!

: Pretty unethical, Adam.  Should we trust your other business practices?
: >
: >can swap the 250Mb HD for a new Q730s for $200
: >
: What's unethical is advertising that you will leave your "tons of native 
: software" on the hard drive.  Of course it's probably pirated software
: anyway; the kind of person that will sell a computer that way will usually 
: not pay for the software in the first place.

: I'm a software developer, and I cringe when I see someone blatantly 
: advertising that he will be glad to pirate software for anyone that will 
: buy his computer.

: Software piracy is a fact of life, but when it reaches the extent to which
: you are going, it's gone beyond petty theft to the point of just plain greedy
: criminality.  Advertising stolen goods on the net is easily as bad as any 
: other breach of netiquette.

: Do we really want the misc.forsale groups to become a "buyer beware" 
: proposition?  We're careful about letting people who are known internet 
: thieves advertise without at least some follow-up warnings.  We need to 
: classify ads like this in the same category. 
: >
: >Let me know!
: >
: >Adam Schwartz
: >aschwartz@college.antioch.edu


Dave: This is pretty "bull" and oportunistic message. Your point is
neither clear nor relevant. If you want to blame someone, go blame
computer stores who sell computers with tons of "installed software"
every day..But if you're trying to cover your incompetence, that's another
story..

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