MR>  JM> the labs they used for  those great games..   companies bump the 
price
MR>  JM> on things so much it makes it  hard to not pirate unless you are 
rich.
MR> 
MR>      Buyers of graphics programs always seem to get reamed. The price of
MR>      things like CorelDraw is..well..funny, of not sad. Any program that
MR>      costs more than an OS is just ASKING for pirates to latch onto it.
MR> 
MR>      Im willing to bet that programs like CorelDraw are so smegging big
MR>      on purpose- to prevent/discourage people from pirating it. I myself
MR>      use a program that is around 400K, and kicks the Hell out of all
MR>      but the biggest, most elaborate VGA paint programs. It was made in
MR>      about 1987-88, when piracy was still an art form.
    i know what you are saying.. most of the stuff i use is either shareware 
or old...   it's more dependable..   takes less system resources..   i've 
sed
Correl Draw on other people systems..  it isn't worth the space or time, 
money..
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