only works in a competitive market, non monopolized. and no asppersions were cast at marketing strategy, only at dumb greed. remember the train industry!
On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 10:32:34 -0600, John Fields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 08:29:00 -0700, you wrote: > > > > >back onto software, software companies may NOT require personal > >information to use. you legally can give them false information. i > >do all the time. for some good ideas, search ampcast for three dead > >trolls in a baggie, privacy song. hilarious and partly true. also > >there are companies that charge outrageous amounts. such as m$ and > >adobe. several hundred bucks for photoshop, when they dont understand > >that photoshop, the most pirated piece of software of all time, would > >sell like freaking HOTCAKES if priced at 50 dollars, and that the > >profit margin would soar. i keep my consience clear, if i pirate a > >piece of software, i send the company a cashiers check for what i feel > >is a fair price. 30 bucks for photoshop, say. they cant track me, > >but i paid them what is essentially pure profit, as there was no > >overhead involved to them, and i wasnt going to buy it no matter what, > >so no loss is involved. > > --- > Like most thieves, you justify your actions and assuage your guilt by > casting aspersions on your victims. If you disagree with someone's > marketing philosophy, then your moral recourse is not to steal from > them, it's to deny them your support by not buying their products. > > -- > John Fields > > -- Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. -G.K. Chesterton
