Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!eecae!cps3xx!rang From: rang@cpsin3.cps.msu.edu (Anton Rang) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Software Development And Piracy (Spurred By FTL replies) Message-ID: <1265@cps3xx.UUCP> Date: 8 Dec 88 17:24:03 GMT References: <555@icus.islp.ny.us> <2363@ddsw1.MCS.COM> <1334@leah.Albany.Edu> <5769@thorin.cs.unc.edu> Sender: usenet@cps3xx.UUCP Reply-To: rang@cpswh.cps.msu.edu (Anton Rang) Followup-To: comp.misc Organization: Michigan State University, Computer Science Dept. Lines: 25 In-reply-to: bell@unc.cs.unc.edu's message of 8 Dec 88 05:59:25 GMT In article <5769@thorin.cs.unc.edu>, bell@unc.UUCP (Andrew Bell) writes: >[ Various discussions deleted ] > >Most big-time pirates are fairly young, and don't have the disposable >income to buy that much software. By counting people, I'd have to agree that most pirates are young. Counting software (# of packages, or total volume) I'd disagree. The absolute WORST pirates I've ever seen are school systems: not the kids, but the teachers/administrators. I know there are a lot of honest people out there, but it only takes one administrator who decides that instead of buying 100 copies of some package (at a quite reasonable discount, too) they want to buy one and make 100 copies for all their schools (this was a large system) to use. And people wonder where kids pick up their dishonesty.... Anton P.S. Ever had someone return a disk to your for replacement, when it turns out they didn't even buy the package from you? Sheesh.... +---------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+ | Anton Rang (grad student) | "VMS Forever!" | "Do worry...be SAD!" | | Michigan State University | rang@cpswh.cps.msu.edu | | +---------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+