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From: lwv26@cas.org (Larry W. Virden)
Subject: Why buy a Lotus book (Was: Re: distributing linux on floppies)
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>	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.
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