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Is UEdit dying???

#: 74164 S8/Amiga at WorkForum unknown
    29-Jun-87 01:08:26
Fm: John Foust 72237,135
To: John Draper 76703,4322

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Lots of groups sell public domain disks. Alternately, many people buy PD disks when they don't have to. In fact, I realized that was a good way for groups to earn money, and encouraged this practice with the AMICUS disks. I thought a lot of groups could use the money to get off the ground. Now that they are, of course, it is all graft and corruption. Even AmigaWorld has caught on; last issue they said they were starting a PD collection as well. I'm sure they won't charge $1.50 a disk. What about the user groups (such as the BCS) that re-condense the Fish and AMICUS disks into custom PD collections, and then charge even more? Then sell the same data again when they remove updated software and re-number the disks? The graft goes on and on. The software producers never see a dime, yet all sorts of money changes hands because of their work. Go figure.