Re: A85: Shells and games


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Re: A85: Shells and games



No matter how odd your programs may be, someone will have use for them,
if only to learn from the source code.

Marco Radzinschi
marco10@juno.com

"Orthodoxy means not thinking-not needing to think. Orthodoxy is
unconsciousness." -George Orwell (From 1984)

On Mon, 15 Sep 1997 11:12:07 -0500 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
<mozart@technologist.com> writes:
>82nd Deer wrote:
>> 
>> >Oh, I also make my programs just for myself, and they only work on 
>MY
>> >rom version (don't even go through the shell.. just a call to the
>> >address in rom)
>> 
>> And this is why you are what is called a selfish bastard.  Every 
>single
>> person in the TI community produces and releases software for free.  
>But
>> you, mr. usgard isn't good enough for me, don't release your 
>programs.
>> Why?  Please inform us.  I'm just dying to know.
>
>Why do I not release programs I make?  Easy: _Nobody_ else would have
>any use for it.. I don't program games, just odd-ball (emphesis on
>odd-ball!) utilities!  Releasing them would really only waste space on
>ticalc.org's web server (nobody else would use them!)  Have YOU 
>released
>every single program YOU ever made (reminder: that cute little "Hello
>world" program..)??
>
>And if I DID program games, I probably WOULD use Usgard (or at least
>make Usgard versions), because I know it has features that would be
>useful in games.. But I _don't_ program games, so Usgard isn't
>_necessary_ for me!! (also because I don't have games on my calc)  
>WHICH
>HAS BEEN MY POINT ALL ALONG!!
>
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