From:	AndrewJ <luminous-is AT REMOVE DOT home DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Vs: WATCOM vs. DJGPP
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>> >Like somebody buys Watcom...
>> >I have it and i didn't buy it.
>> which is illegal. No matter if you don't have personal problems with
>> that. You shouldn't be advocating criminal activity in a newsgroup.
>
>Unfortunately the outlandish pricing of some companies leaves us poor
>users no other choice than to download the limited time version and crack
>it.

That's still no excuse for it.  And AFAIK, there are no time-limited versions
of compilers.  Some companies make their living on this.  It takes a lot of
time and effort to write and maintain a compiler, you know.  I could have had a
burned copy of WC11, but chose instead to purchase it.  It made me feel good
knowing that I hard worked hard to afford it, instead of stealing it.

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Andrew J

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