In a message of 02-Nov-02 Targhan wrote:
> It just occurred to me one day, that most PC-lamers have all of their > productivity software from Al, who got it from Joe, who borrowed a CD > from Jane, who is a secretary for PoorBlokes Inc. > It would be a different world if the average consumer actually *felt* > that they had to pay for that crap. I know very few PeeCee'ers that > have the manuals and boxes for anything other than games. I'm not > saying that what they do is right, it's just what they expect. Has it ever been any different on the Amiga. Okay, perhaps the original source of the pirated software was not a commercial company, but one of the main reasons for the Amiga's success around 1990 was there was a very easy access to pirated games and also productivity software. I have never been into computer gaming myself -- it bores me -- so I have never really had many pirated games. However, all my Amiga friends were much into gaming and had several hundred of games, yet they only owned less than five original games. The problem is that home users in general don't want to pay for their software and especially productivity software. >> Thanks for the new way of looking at this problem! > Hey, you're welcome. Now, go tell all your PeeCee friends to own up > and pay for the software they use, see how many enemies you make :-) Tell the same to the average Amiga users ten years ago... Uffe Holst
