Found these while browsing amazon.  Anyone have feedback?

http://tinyurl.com/589qp
http://tinyurl.com/6wofs
http://tinyurl.com/5k4wc
http://tinyurl.com/45o9v

Looks to me like someone has repackaged software from hpcalc.org.  At
least it looks very supicious. =(

TW

"Tim Wessman" <twessman@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Found these while browsing amazon.  Anyone have feedback?

It does as though it could just be re-packaged public domain software; there 
isn't a lot of explanation of the contents.

Assuming it really is public domain stuff re-packaged, I don't think the 
guy's doing anything wrong, although it would be of some public service if 
someone left a review mentioning that potential purchasers might want to 
check out hpcalc.org prior to purchase...

Joel Kolstad wrote:
> "Tim Wessman" <twessman@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1105463454.575929.47030@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> > Found these while browsing amazon.  Anyone have feedback?
>
> It does as though it could just be re-packaged public domain
software; there
> isn't a lot of explanation of the contents.
>
> Assuming it really is public domain stuff re-packaged, I don't think
the
> guy's doing anything wrong, although it would be of some public
service if
> someone left a review mentioning that potential purchasers might want
to
> check out hpcalc.org prior to purchase...

Why would anyone want to buy a CD of software that's already free and
readily available on the web?  This is a pertinent question, in
addition to my own opinion that there are serious moral issues with
re-packaging other people's software without either getting permission
from the original authors and/or letting the public know about it (of
course, the seller could have gotten this permission and we just don't
know about it).

When I checked out the site, though, someone had posted a review that
most of this software is available on hpcalc.org.  Hopefully people
read the review.

Phillip

Believe it or not, some people don't have broadband :)

(Not me... I tell them to move to civilization!)


phendric@gmail.com wrote:

>Joel Kolstad wrote:
>...
>
>Why would anyone want to buy a CD of software that's already free and
>readily available on the web?  This is a pertinent question, in
>addition to my own opinion that there are serious moral issues with
>re-packaging other people's software without either getting permission
>from the original authors and/or letting the public know about it (of
>course, the seller could have gotten this permission and we just don't
>know about it).
>
>When I checked out the site, though, someone had posted a review that
>most of this software is available on hpcalc.org.  Hopefully people
>read the review.
>
>Phillip



Pete M. Wilson
Gamewood, Inc.
wilsonpm@gamewood.net

<phendric@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Why would anyone want to buy a CD of software that's already free and
> readily available on the web?

Same reason you'd pay $3 for a cup of coffee at Starbucks rather than making 
it yourself for $0.29: Convenience.

If you think about it, more and more of the modern economy is made up people 
just taking various bits of information that are freely available, 
assembling them in an 'attractive' package, and charging money for the 
effort.  Red Hat Linux is a prime example.

> When I checked out the site, though, someone had posted a review that
> most of this software is available on hpcalc.org.  Hopefully people
> read the review.

That's good to see.

I think the guy's prices are high enough that anyone in their right mind 
will visit HPCalc.Org first.  (Compare to, e.g., Joe Horn's old 'Goodies' 
disks, where the prices were something like $4.95 and for many people it 
wasn't worth the bother to download the files themselves -- especially given 
that the Goodies disks were around back when dial-up modem connections were 
the norm!)

In message <hkr8u058n1vc5jrto2j14fpic55gm1pnjc@4ax.com>, Pete M. Wilson 
<wilsonpm@drop.gamewood.net> writes
>Believe it or not, some people don't have broadband :)

Didn't Eric used to sell a official CD of his site? I can't find the 
link now.

Regards,
-- 
Bruce Horrocks
Surrey
England
<firstname>@<surname>.plus.com -- fix the obvious for email

I use dial-up, and it almost always takes less then five minutes to
download any program on hpcalc.org.

The wait for the transfer to the calculator is usually longer than the
wait for downloading.  Of course, this is less true with xmodem (versus
kermit).

--CS

Bruce Horrocks wrote:
> In message <hkr8u058n1vc5jrto2j14fpic55gm1pnjc@4ax.com>, Pete M. Wilson 
> <wilsonpm@drop.gamewood.net> writes
> 
>> Believe it or not, some people don't have broadband :)
> 
> Didn't Eric used to sell a official CD of his site? I can't find the 
> link now.

I think I read somewhere that Eric stopped selling this CD's because 
besides being time consuming the profit was too low.

Regards,
-- 
Beto
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