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Yeah, but still, it's not like it's under 1000 people or over 1000 million.
Somewhere in-between. Like maybe 10,000 to 100,000 people that have a used copy
of PoV... Just can't seem to let my guestimating go :-)
Bob
"Alex McMurray" <ale### [at] melbpc orgau> wrote in message
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| Rune wrote:
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| > Pavel Rumyantsev wrote:
| > >I think, that many people read these
| > >newsgroups, but only a little part of
| > >them write in these newsgroups.
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| > I think so too.
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| > I also think that the people who read
| > these newsgroups are only a little
| > part of all the POV-Ray users.
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| This is a facinating thread, but trying to determine how many people use
| POV would be like trying to find out how many people drive "Volkswagons"
| by counting the number of people that belong to "VW" car clubs.
| (enter the car of your choice)
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Peter Popov wrote in message ...
>And no, I have never pirated MAX. Honestly.
Have you ever pirated it dishonestly? :-)
Mark
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Can I write you a check for $10 for a legal copy?
Peter Popov wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Feb 2000 17:02:09 +0100, Gilles Tran <tra### [at] inapginrafr>
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> Yes, but around here you can get MAX 3.0 for $8.0 . Most amateur 3D
> artists don't consider the price a hindrance for their carreer <grin>.
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> And no, I have never pirated MAX. Honestly.
>
> Peter Popov
> pet### [at] usanet
> ICQ: 15002700
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Me too?
"Greg M. Johnson" <gre### [at] my-dejanewscom> wrote in message
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> Can I write you a check for $10 for a legal copy?
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> Peter Popov wrote:
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> > On Tue, 01 Feb 2000 17:02:09 +0100, Gilles Tran <tra### [at] inapginrafr>
> > wrote:
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> > Yes, but around here you can get MAX 3.0 for $8.0 . Most amateur 3D
> > artists don't consider the price a hindrance for their carreer <grin>.
> >
> > And no, I have never pirated MAX. Honestly.
> >
> > Peter Popov
> > pet### [at] usanet
> > ICQ: 15002700
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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
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Peter Popov wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Feb 2000 09:07:52 -0500, "Greg M. Johnson"
> <gre### [at] my-dejanewscom> wrote:
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> >Can I write you a check for $10 for a legal copy?
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> 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.
So wait, is $8 for a legal or illegal copy?
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"Peter Popov" <pet### [at] usanet> wrote :
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> >Can I write you a check for $10 for a legal copy?
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> Seriously, the availability of warez here is unbelievable.
See, I thought you were talking about $8 for a -legal- copy. I don't
keep up with MAX, so I sort of figured we were talking about an old version
or something.
I have MAX of some sort on a CD somewhere. But since it was illegally
copied for me I looked at it and now do not use it. I have a couple of legal
things like Corel RayDream(?) that I don't use. I am quite happy with POV.
I like being able to write it all by hand. Not the least because I can
take a notebook to work with me and scribble some things while I have a
quiet period.
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Bob Hughes wrote:
> Yeah, but still, it's not like it's under 1000 people or over 1000 million.
> Somewhere in-between. Like maybe 10,000 to 100,000 people that have a used copy
> of PoV... Just can't seem to let my guestimating go :-)
>
> Bob
>
Maybe you are using the same equations that the government departmensts use when
they tell us that the majority of people "want" prices and taxes to rise <g>
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"Alex McMurray" <ale### [at] melbpcorgau> wrote in message
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| Maybe you are using the same equations that the government departmensts use
when
| they tell us that the majority of people "want" prices and taxes to rise <g>
That's it!
Bob
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Same with me, I've had a bootleg copy (MAX) for years and have
never done more than start it and look at it. Sure glad
I didn't pay $2000 for it! On the other hand I've bought
Poser 2.0 and 4.0 and have only used them to export shapes
to POV-Ray, and only three times at that. The value of
software is a strange thing, and nothing will ever come
close to POV-Ray!
Harold
Bill DeWitt <the### [at] earthlinknet> wrote in message
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> I have MAX of some sort on a CD somewhere. But since it was illegally
> copied for me I looked at it and now do not use it. I have a couple of
legal
> things like Corel RayDream(?) that I don't use. I am quite happy with POV.
>
> I like being able to write it all by hand. Not the least because I can
> take a notebook to work with me and scribble some things while I have a
> quiet period.
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