Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tekig5!wayneck From: wayneck@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Wayne Knapp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Software Sales Strategies vs. Piracy Message-ID: <4690@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM> Date: 17 Aug 89 20:40:39 GMT References: <208@crash.cts.com> Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or. Lines: 15 In article <208@crash.cts.com>, frankd@pro-pac.cts.com (Mike Snook) writes: : Why don't software developers adopt a similar strategy by selling programs : to stores that will rent them out for a fraction of their purchase price, and : take a royalty from every rental? Developers would make more money (possibly, : I haven't the time to make a federal study of it) and the general population : has an opportunity to obtain software WITH the manuals. There will of course : always be that elite group who will have no less than the original with the : original packaging either because of elitism or natural honesty. : You sure have my vote! This is really a great idea. However I'm afriad that it would take the whole industry behind it to make it work. I'd be more than happy to rent my programs out at say $1 a day! Wayne Knapp