Wiedemann@RADC-MULTICS.ARPA (08/09/84)
I received my September Computer Shopper yesterday, and an ad cought my immediate attention. There in the classifieds, was an offer for "used" software for the Z-100. Some of the offerings were: dBASEII for $85, Wordstar with Mailmerge for $85, and Multiplan for $75. Since I was in the market for Multiplan, I called the number listed and asked for Jim. Jim answered the phone and sadly informed me that Multiplan was sold. He then, quite voluntarily and to a perfect stranger (me!) said, (and I paraphrase, not recalling his exact words) "Yeah, see, what I do is buy this software, make a copy of it for myself, and then sell the the original as 'used' software". Incredible! Wolf Wiedemann RADC-MULTICS