> And I am sick and tired of people trying to justify piracy
> with feeble excuses like "it's overpriced", "doesn't hurt because I wouldn't
> have bought it anyway", "it's stealing fom evil companies, not the actual
> programmer" etc. Go ahead, download all the software you want. Just admit
> that you're a thief and be done with it. I couldn't care less. But don't try
> to weasel your way out of it with excuses. The only reason so many people
> indulge in piracy is that the chance of getting caught is ridiculously slim.
I agree with you 100%. However, I can think of one reason that downloading
a copy for _true_ evaluation purposes is useful: I dl'ed NCU to try it out
synching my 130 and guess what - error messages that I could not work
around. So I've dumped. it. If I had purchased a copy from Apple, I would
have been SOL. So I do like companies/authors that provide free
downloadable trial software. It's only fair to both the consumer and
author.
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