zeibari@wharton.upenn.edu (05/25/91)
Well, from the mail I received it seems 10 people on this net purchase
their software and everyone else either uses public domain software
or pirates their software. I know that's not true, but I was expecting
everyone to submit at least 1 favorite dealer to add to this list. It
benefits everyone, please email or post your favorite dealer. Thank you!
This will be the last time I post for names.
Below is the original post:
Hello again Netland,
I would like to compile a list of Mail-Order houses and dealers
that support the ST with software and/or hardware.
Please email me your favorite suppliers name, phone #, and
what they sell (i.e. software/hardware). Dealers and Mail-Order
places reading this should mail me also. I don't want to list
products, just company names so that we can all reference some
sort of list. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR INFORMATION IS ACCURATE!!!
I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO VERIFY WHAT YOU MAIL ME. All I am going
to do is compile the list. In about 2 weeks when I think I've
got enough companies listed, I will post it to this group.
This means you! Get your favorite dealers name and number out
and mail it to me.
Thanks for your time and I hope this will be useful for others
too!!!
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Greg Zeibari
email: zeibari@wharton.upenn.edu
school: Temple University
work: University of Pennsylvania
disclaimer: If it's going to happen, it will happen on my shift.
****************************************************************steve@thelake.mn.org (Steve Yelvington) (05/25/91)
[In article <1991May24.143348.1@wharton.upenn.edu>,
zeibari@wharton.upenn.edu writes ... ]
> Well, from the mail I received it seems 10 people on this net purchase
> their software and everyone else either uses public domain software
> or pirates their software. I know that's not true, but I was expecting
> everyone to submit at least 1 favorite dealer to add to this list. It
Why shouldn't it be true? Not the piracy part, but the public domain
part. The most common applications for personal computers are word
processing and spreadsheets, and there are several PD and shareware
programs for each of those categories. Many of the people on this
network write their own software, which makes them potential
purchasers of development tools, but Sozobon and the Free Software
Foundation provide very good C compilers. There's a lot of freeware/
shareware to choose from -- our user group has published more than
500 disks -- and some of it is excellent.
I have commercial software, bought and paid for. Half a dozen games
that haven't been played in a year or so. A drafting program I've
used once. A C compiler whose library lacks the functions I need and
get from dLibs. A spreadsheet that I probably can't even find. A
couple of educational programs for the kids.
The software I use daily -- editor, formatter, compiler, shell,
communications -- is the free stuff. (The exception is PageStream.)
I wouldn't find this particularly encouraging if I made my living
selling software. But I'm on the other end of the food chain, so for
me it's a good thing.
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Steve Yelvington, Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota, USA / steve@thelake.mn.orgfreds@hpspdra.spd.HP.COM (Fred Saavedra) (05/29/91)
I don't have a favorite, BUT Microworld alias ZEPHR in Berkley CA is not so hot.