þ Michael Lutz wrote to Kalman Daniel on 23 Apr 97  06:15:00
Hali Michael Lutz !
 KD> ML> And say I take it and you never know about it. Is that right?
 KD>No, it's not.  But the difference is, this way I lose money which I would 
ge
 KD>if you did not exist. In my example, the programmer would not get money 
even
 KD>if I did not exist. He loses nothing compared to that situation.
 ML> He loses the money you would be giving him.
I guess you don't understand what I'm trying to answer to your example.
You said something like:  someone takes my money without me ever realizing, 
s
that fair or not ?  I said it was not fair, because if that person did not
exist I would have that money.
But when we talk about software it is my decision to use the software or not.
If I don't use it, I don't pay for it, that's obvious.  Now, what if I use a
software I know I can't pay for ?  You say the author loses profit.  I say 
this
is not so obvious, because we supposed that I can no way have enough money to
pay him.  And of course, if I can't try a software I won't pay for it.
But if I try a software (which is illegal with market releases now) I may buy
it in the future when I will have enough money.  Why ?  For example because I
don't want to be fined or jailed, and I will be able to afford to support the
author. So why is it illegal to try ANY software for at least a few days ?
I'm talking about business programs, not games.  As for games, a one hour 
ree
trial would also be reasonable.
But since you think software prices are so strict and always mean money loss
if not paid, lets consider an example.  Lets say, SomeThing software company
makes a new product, SomeThing 97.  They can sell a very big amount of it, 
ut
they are not satisfied.  So, they make an insurance policy and sink their 
hip
which carried 10000 Something 97.  Unfortunatelly the whole cargo is lost.
Now, how much do you say, would be a reasonable compensation for that loss ?
If the price was $100, would you say that the company lost $1 million ?  Or
did they only loose the price of production, lets say $2 per product meaning
$20000 ?  And what if the ship was on it's way to a country where people 
ould
never buy the product, for example a chinese language operating system in
South America ?  Did SomeThing software company really loose $1 million ???
I don't think so.
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                                          Daniel
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