From: John M. Powell (quixjuan_at_QuixNet.net)
Date: Fri Jun 15 2001 - 09:22:04 PDT
> on 15/06/01 11:58, John M. Powell at quixjuan_at_QuixNet.net wrote:
>
> > What if we ALL sign a petition and ask them to open it up?!
> >
> > John
>
> I don't know, but it doesn't cost a lot to try...
>
> -Laurent.
Shall we? It might even help to have someone who
HAD purchased the software present it?
Thoughts?
John
> >>
> >> on 6/15/01 1:05 AM, countless monkeys randomly typing on
> behalf of Laurent
> >> Daudelin at nemesys_at_cox.rr.com miraculously produced:
> >>
> >>> on 14/06/01 20:47, Eric Schneck at eschneck_at_mindspring.com wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Considering the customers who have paid for their copy of
> GPS Map, the
> >>>> application will not become freeware and therefore will not be
> >> available in
> >>>> future.
> >>>
> >>> I don't know if it's only me, and I'm tired, and it's late, but
> >> that seems
> >>> like a very stupid statement. The source code won't be
> >> available, and even
> >>> the software won't be available! If I had bought a piece of
> >> software and the
> >>> company that made it would go belly up, I wouldn't be pissed at
> >> all if they
> >>> would make their software available to people that needs it.
> >>>
> >>> -Laurent.
> >>
> >> I have to agree. In fact, for those who've studied their Bible a
> >> bit, this
> >> reminds me of the parable where the workers are being hired
> for X per day
> >> and then later on, more workers get hired for the same amount of
> >> money, and
> >> so on. With only one hour left, some more are hired at the
> same pay. The
> >> workers who worked the full day complain that the last ones are
> >> getting the
> >> same amount of money for much less work. The reply they get
> is basically,
> >> "You signed on for what you felt was a fair wage. You haven't
> >> been cheated.
> >> My agreement with the others doesn't change that."
> >>
> >> In the same way, folks who paid for the software paid what
> they felt was a
> >> fair price for value received. They've presumably gotten their money's
> >> worth. The software met their needs at the time they needed
> it. It's no
> >> more unfair to them to later give the software away, than it is
> >> for a store
> >> to sell you something knowing that tomorrow a sale starts on that item.
> >> Besides, we all own computers, so we all buy things that we KNOW
> >> we will get
> >> cheaper if we wait.
> >>
>
> I don't know, but it doesn't cost a lot to try...
>
> -Laurent.
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