On Jul 6, 2004, at 4:08 PM, Tim Collier wrote:
You don't want to know my thoughts on "borrowing software". Shame on you.
There's lots of reasons not to "borrow software" namely you make "Ma" company loose money that they could potentially use towards development of better software. On the other-hand, I think to an extent older software is in the grey area where sometimes it would be okay, and sometimes it would not. It all depends on the situation. For example look at MacOS 8.1 it's too old to be an extremely useful system. Although most people have it in their software libraries there is not a lot of people who actually use it. Therefore if a friend has a copy and he hasn't used it in years and you just got you a PowerBook 540c I don't see a problem with going over to your friend's place and installing the software. Your not pirating the software for gain. And in most cases that system at one point probably has that software on it. On the other hand blatant copying of a MacOS 10.3 universal disc and reselling it at ten bucks a pop to each of your friends, and your friend's buddies is outright wrong and terribly illegal and should be punished. I know that MacOS 8.1 is still not public domain, which I think is really stupid because it's too old. I do have multiple legitimate copies of 8.0, 8.1, 8.5, and 9.1. I don't personally pirate at any level, (just in case you think I'm some sort of illegal pirate or something). I just feel that some companies don't let go of the older software as fast as they should. MacOS 9 is an aging OS. I use it on three of my systems. I have it on my 6500 (upgraded all the way to 9.2.2 with OS9 Helper.). But OS 9 lacks a lot of the modern features that OS X provides. also the support is horrible. I'm not saying that OS 9 should be released to the public. I'm just saying that OS 9 is in that grey area of pirating. a little darker than pirating OS 8.1 yes. But I would hardly consider it a capital punishment or an action deserving harsh judgment. An then again I'm just a user and not some software firm trying to make it in the world...
- Jonathan
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