On Wed, 02 Feb 2000 09:07:52 -0500, "Greg M. Johnson"
<gre### [at] my-dejanewscom> wrote:

>Can I write you a check for $10 for a legal copy?

Seriously, the availability of warez here is unbelievable. As my
father (who, aside from FreeCell, only uses software written by my
brother :) ) says, "Paying $10 for Win98 here when it costs $200 in
the US is piracy, but why being paid $100 here when you'd be paid
$2000 in the US is NOT considered piracy?" I totally agree.

I haven't pirated MAX not because of fear of the law or the feeling of
guilt. Were thesemajor factors here, only a few hundred people in the
whole country would be using computers. I haven't because of
principles. Someone once gave me a CDR with MAX on it. I read the
setup notes and there were things like "Pentium 90 is the vital
minuimum" (486/80 at the time), "1024x768 in hi-or tru-color"
(640x480x256 back then), "400 MB free space for installation" (1.2 Gb
disc) and "Approx. three times more swap than ram, so 300 MB should be
fine." No, thanks.


Peter Popov
pet### [at] usanet
ICQ: 15002700

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