Re: Re: WAVV requirements

Jay Maynard <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.emulators.hercules390.advocacy
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 11:54:22AM -0000, Jeffrey R. Broido wrote:
> It occurs to me to point out that a genuine IBM 9672, 2064 or an IBM 
> PC running FLEX-ES are all piracy tools to the extent that Hercules 
> is.  Neither the hardware nor either emulator are pirates, to use 
> your unfortunate term.  People are pirates, and much pirated 
> software can run on any platform, emulated or not.

For that matter, so is a P/390 - and those can be had a hell of a lot
cheaper than the other choices you list. By now, you can find them for $2-3K
or so, ready to run, if you hunt around.

This is the same argument as those who feel that handguns should be banned
raise: they blame the tool for the uses to which it is put. It's just as
wrong in this instance as it is in that one.

------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-->
Get 128 Bit SSL Encryption!
http://us.click.yahoo.com/JjlUgA/vN2EAA/kG8FAA/dpFolB/TM
---------------------------------------------------------------------~->

To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
hercules-advocacy-unsubscribe-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org

 

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
lmpx.com only provides a reader for public news (NNTP) servers. It is not affiliated with the servers or forums shown here and is not responsible for the content of articles, which is written by their respective authors.