Re: cracking site - how do we shut it down?

[Jason Mellein]

So maybe you don't put faulty software out there. Maybe you do. Maybe it
only happens occasionally. Or never. All that's really required is that
people THINK that there's a possibility of getting screwed if they don't
come to the source.... regardless of who's software they're patronizing.
Could be my software, could be yours. But they know that "Betty" got
screwed by getting a faulty copy of "John Smith's" software from some weird
3rd world site... So when they go looking for my software they'll think
twice about who they get it from. 

And i think everybody should have a first run splash screen warning about
the potential dangers of getting the software from unauthorized or unknown
origins... Generally when it comes to general population software folks
don't question the motive behind a warning. Start talking viruses &
corruption and they believe it. So then the perception becomes the reality...

FUD in the hands of benevolent dictators like the Palm dev community can be
a good thing. :-)

At 06:00 PM 6/8/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I don't think this is the right way to go.
>It generates a lot of negative publicity and people will generally stay away 
>from your software, legal or not.
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