As much as I'd hope what you say would be true, realistically there is not much
of a downside for this guy. Everyday people make purchases without knowing all
the facts, and for more money buying online than locally. (Ebay can be a good
example) From his side of it, unless someone or group is willing to take it
through the legal process, any sale he gets is free money to him. And if
someone does take to court, does anyone know what to expect for an outcome?
Would it be more than a simple "stop order"? If not, he's already stolen money
from unknowning customers, so he's still ahead of the game.
While I truly hope this group, or multiple groups can get together and bring
him to task for his wrongs, publication of "FlightGear.org as a BETTER
simulator, which also happens to be FREE, and by the way, that other simulator
is just a copy of ours that you have to pay for" may be the best way to be
combative. Go on the offense, publicize the heck out of it. Encourage users
to post more youtube videos, publish your own, make sure every website page has
the best language for the google bots to promote FlightGear.org as better, with
free being a side benefit.
I say this for it seems that marketing is his game, although purely a sham.
Let's beat him at it, honestly.
my .02 worth.
Peter
On Mar 17, 2010, at 8:38 AM, Jon S. Berndt wrote:
> I think this is exactly true. And what happens to this guy when more and more
> people start finding out that they have paid money for something they could
> have gotten for free?
>
> Jon
>
>
> From: Curtis Olson [mailto:curtol...@gmail.com]
>
> The guy is building his business on a charade ... and that is a hard thing to
> keep up long term. He has to spend a large percentage of his time
> maintaining his charade, covering his tracks, etc. I can't even remember my
> own forum password half the time ... and this guy has to remember a bunch of
> user names and passwords. He probably has sticky notes all over his monitor.
> Maybe he's really good at that sort of thing and will have some leeching
> success, but it's a shaky business model that could come crashing down around
> him at any time. He's always going to be looking over his shoulder ...
> hoping he doesn't inadvertently swindle the wrong person in the wrong country
> ... hoping the major publications don't catch on to him ... hoping if
> something does go wrong he can duck into the shadows and re-emerge somewhere
> else ... reality has a way of catching up with these guys eventually.
>
> Curt.
> --
> Curtis Olson: http://baron.flightgear.org/~curt/
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