Copycats are not worth the aggravation. If your margins are slim to none,
then the copycat can't be doing much better. Keep enhancing your product,
and use your hard won skills to develop another product.
Note that Microsoft was able to blatantly copy the form factor of the Palm
for their Palm-sized PCs... the cradle idea as well... I suppose it's like a
camera -- they all have the same basic design but manufacturers cannot
copyright the form.
Michael Yam
Y Technology, Inc.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 1:25 AM
Subject: copyright??
Hello everyone,
I recently decided to write programs for the Palm, and I am new to all this
world of shareware development. Last december, after working very hard to
learn the Palm OS programming techniques and nuts and bolds I finished my
first program "Euro Exchange", and a more advanced version I named
"CurrencyX".
Very recently I was disheartened to see that someone "cloned" my program,
copying the concepts and screen designs, releasing it as freeware.
Writing programs for the palm has the main objective of practicing my
programming skills, and having fun, even because the $5 / $8 for a
registration would not make me a millionaire, it actually barely covers the
development costs. However, that does not mean I would like to see my
programs being cloned like that.
Maybe some of you, more experienced developers and shareware authors could
give some help with this.
I would appreciate any kind of comments and suggestions.
Thank you,
Armando Neves.
