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Xref: sserve gnu.misc.discuss:6476 comp.os.linux:12416 comp.unix.bsd:6441 Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!malgudi.oar.net!chemabs!lwv26 From: lwv26@cas.org (Larry W. Virden) Subject: Why buy a Lotus book (Was: Re: distributing linux on floppies) Message-ID: <1992Oct12.153230.1659@cas.org> Followup-To: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd Sender: usenet@cas.org Reply-To: lvirden@cas.org (Larry W. Virden) Organization: Nedriv Software and Shoe Shiners, Uninc. References: <1b27slINNj2f@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1992Oct9.001607.7471@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <3933@ra.nrl.navy.mil> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 15:29:13 GMT Lines: 22 > The very same thing happens with copyrighted software. I have seen >estimates that only 20% of software is actually paid for, and the rest is >pirate copies. Everyone knows that it goes on, and nearly everyone does it. >For example, have you noticed how many Lotus books there are in bookstores? >Why would anyone who bought Lotus need an additional book? Perhaps this is true in some markets - I certainly am not familar with many of the micro environments. But certainly in the Sun workstation environment, we purchase site license agreements which permit the company to have any n of m number of employees use a package. But of course, to buy m copies of the doc is outrageous. So a limited (perhaps n, perhaps more) number of doc are purchased and users who want more doc go to the book store and buy a book. I know as well that when I am unhappy with the limited doc available for similar packages on my home micro, I have gone out and purchased auxilary documentation. -- Larry W. Virden UUCP: osu-cis!chemabs!lvirden Same Mbox: BITNET: lvirden@cas INET: lvirden@cas.org Personal: 674 Falls Place, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-1614 America Online: lvirden@aol.com