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Subject: Re: blu
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Date: 3 Oct 89 01:05:20 GMT
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Comment to message from: asuvax!mcdphx!xroads!cc@handies.ucar.edu (Dan McGuirk)

I agree... Andy can't "make" -anyone- buy something.... but neither does he
have to do any programming for FREE! Now that ShrinkIT has been recognized by
certain services as the PRIME packer, etc  I, for one, certainly can't blame Andy
for wanting to get a few bucks for the bang... He is an EXCELLENT programmer
and he does things right.. people that use his programming should support it
by PAYING for what they use.
It's really funny... in the IBM world, a shareware programmer can make big
bucks on a project (and eventually make bigger bucks by commercializing it --
like ProCOMM)... in the Apple world, it's a JOKE. People are used to ripping
programmers off  that they get upset if they
actually have to pay for something! RED RYDER for the MAC and ProSEL for the
8/16 bit Apple family are the =ONLY= programs I have ever seen where the
authors actually make a buck or two... (I use ProSEL and can tell you it has
been worth 100 times the $40 I paid for it over the past few years) 
I say MORE POWER TO THE GREAT PROGRAMMERS.... screw the CHEAP users!

/steve

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