RW> spelling>....I thank you for your time...I hope to recive a good 
 RW> resonse....R.J. Woods
I wasn't here at the outset of this conversation, but here's a reply. Hope
it's a good one... =-]
 KB> The best solution is to FEATURE the problem-shareware, low registrat
 KB> fees, and PERSONAL ETHICS. If you really like it, encourage the
 KB> pubisher with shipments of $$$. The alternative will be the licensin
 KB> PROMS & EPROMS, shipping data as mask programmed rom cartridges, and
 KB> making illegal of floppy and floppy drive sales except for replaceme
 KB> on old systems.
 RW> You can NOT do that. It would be quite unfair. You would be selling
 RW> "Damaged Goods". If they take away your way to distribute your data 
 RW> then HOW would we do so?
I'm not sure which part you call illegal, but I'll tell you what, it's
ALL unfair, unethical, and quite stupid. Why not lie to buy a floppy drive?
If we pirate already, what's lying? Nothing! Politicians do it daily...
 KB> To establish a social order, there need to be some limited rules.
 KB> Pirates step outside these rules. So do Brigands, theives, and slave
 KB> takers. Eack wants someone else to live and work for their benifit f
 KB> no reward. Each makes some simple or convoluted claim to moral right
 KB> the other person's labor. Each is a parasite.
 RW> I love doing this....Why do you call them parasites? Some pirates
 RW> actually go out and buy the program for the upgrades, Manual, and tech
 RW> support. (And sometimes just to support good software) So by calling 
 RW> all of them parasites then you are prejudios...
I agree. I for one have baought many of the programs I have 'pirated'.
I recieved a copy of QEMM, liked it, and bought it. Same for Win95, DOS,
OS/2, many games, Office suites, programming tools, software utilities,
ect. I have pirated a lot of things, but right now, I own all of the
software I run (except for old shareware utils that are now PD, or no
longer being supported). I own it beacuse I played with it first, before
I sunk X amount of dollars into it first. Actually, a few titles I own
that I purchased before using I hate. I don't think any of those companies
are going to care that I used someone else's copy for a couple weeks first.
I paid for it soon after, and they got their money. Hell, since I work in
the computer sales/service field, it's my job to keep up with the latest
hardware and software. You can't copy hardware, but I get a lot of software
programs first, run them, then I usually get rid of them, but if a client
needs something in a category that I have used programs from, I suggest they
buy the one's I've tested and found useful. I probably MAKE the companies
more money than I've EVER cost. I sell thousands of dollars of stuff every
week, and I usually have used it before hand. They should THANK me for using
illegal copies first. Now I can recommend the titles I've previewed.
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