[NTLK] eBay sale of Newton freeware

[SteveCraft]

I bought some language translation software for the Newt on eBay thinking it
was the original, and it was in fact freeware.
(admitting to naiveté)
 

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[mailto:newtontalk-bounces at newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of Tony Kan
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 11:22 AM
To: Newtontalk
Subject: [NTLK] eBay sale of Newton freeware

Hi Folks

I just came across an eBay auction of some Newton software that was released
as
freeware after our intrepid John Powell approached the developer back in
2007
for permission to do so.

Although I won't name the vendor, I consider this kind of practice
avaricious
and underhanded. It takes advantage of naive Newton users who are unaware
that
they can obtain it for free.

Caveat emptor!

Cheers

Tony Kan

Christchurch
New Zealand

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