Re: NTLK licenses & piracy

From: C.W. Ross (newton@cwross.net)
Date: Sat Aug 05 2000 - 21:31:58 CDT


Speaking of error messages and NCU, I have been getting un-aviodable error
messages on my 130 as well...

CWR
----- Original Message -----
From: Allen Dundek <ajdundek@usfamily.net>
To: <newtontalk@planetnewton.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: NTLK licenses & piracy

> > And I am sick and tired of people trying to justify piracy
> > with feeble excuses like "it's overpriced", "doesn't hurt because I
wouldn't
> > have bought it anyway", "it's stealing fom evil companies, not the
actual
> > programmer" etc. Go ahead, download all the software you want. Just
admit
> > that you're a thief and be done with it. I couldn't care less. But don't
try
> > to weasel your way out of it with excuses. The only reason so many
people
> > indulge in piracy is that the chance of getting caught is ridiculously
slim.
>
> I agree with you 100%. However, I can think of one reason that
downloading
> a copy for _true_ evaluation purposes is useful: I dl'ed NCU to try it
out
> synching my 130 and guess what - error messages that I could not work
> around. So I've dumped. it. If I had purchased a copy from Apple, I
would
> have been SOL. So I do like companies/authors that provide free
> downloadable trial software. It's only fair to both the consumer and
> author.
>
>
>
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