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Subject: Re: Programmers who refuse to share their programs

Author: Bella Freud

Date: 09:01:08 11/14/99

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On November 14, 1999 at 11:14:19, blass uri wrote:

>On November 14, 1999 at 11:03:22, Bella Freud wrote:
>
>>On November 14, 1999 at 10:45:17, blass uri wrote:
>>>
>>>I do not like the fact that people who worked hard for their programs cannot
>>>earn much money from their programs because of crafty.
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>
>>Is this the basis of the observable hatred of Mr Hyatt?
>>
>>
>>Bella
>
>Maybe
>I do not know.
>
>I believe that they could earn more from their programs without crafty but
>I am not sure how much more.
>
>I do not know how many people do not buy commercial programs because of crafty.
>
>Uri

Hi Uri,

Which do you think has the greater effect:

Folk downloading Crafty instead of purchasing a commercial?

Wannabee commercial programmers using Crafty source as a means of getting going.
Either by pirating the source and trying to hide it in their programs, or by
getting an understanding that they would otherwise have had to struggle for?

Existing programmers ripping off program coding ideas such as parallel?


It is noteworthy that any wannabee commercial makes a major song and dance about
his program beating Crafty in the few weeks before it is due for release.


Bella






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