CompuServe Messages

John: I'm trying but I don't quite understand your position. /_____________From your message_____________\\ It's not enough to simply categorize the four basic types of users _______________________________________________ Why not? What categories would you like to add? /_____________From your message_____________\\ I think people steal software because they *can*. _______________________________________________ This needs some explanation as I *can* do alot of things yet I choose not to. Maybe you mean 'because they *can*' = 'because it is easy.' If so I think I understand. /_____________From your message_____________\\ (When was the last time you met someone who copied a $400 software program, versus the last time someone said they were going to steal a $400 modem?) _______________________________________________ Obviously a physical object would be noted if missing. A copied/pirated piece of software can leave the original owner no trail of evidence. /_____________From your message_____________\\ Imagine if some percentage of their customers had a scot-free method to get their services yet avoid payment. _______________________________________________ In architecture this is called a "Design Competition." A company asks for several firms to submit design proposals for their new building stating that they will hire the firm with the most agreeable design solution. What they often do is hire one of the lower cost firms and try to get them to synthesize the other's entries, or hire nobody as they were looking for a free feasibility study to find out if they could actually build a new building, or hire nobody and turn the design over to their in-house staff to copy one of the submissions and the list goes on. My point is that WEASELS ABOUND! Bob