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OK, I've written several times about Sam Ruby's description of Manufactured Serendipity.  The depressing part about all of this is that most of my traffic on this site is truly serendipity (the unmanufactured kind).  It comes from people using Google to look for a "PlanPlus crack."  The only reason this happened is because I arbitrarily chose to split the word "crackpot" into two words: "crack" and "pot."  Gee, maybe this post will attract people looking for illegal drugs!  ;-)

I'm sure this entry will draw even more attention from search engines and those folks out there who insist on not paying for software.  Well, excuse me, but go jump in a lake!  Pay for your own stinking software or start using open source software for its most touted benefit -- it's free.

Hey, I shell out a lot of money trying to stay largely legit, even personally.  I think it's part of working in an occupation that is based on intellectual property rights.  I hope to someday right a somewhat successful shareware application that is registered by a throng of willing folks and thereby supplement both my lifestyle and my retirement.  But until that time, I can only do the ethical thing and behave in a reciprocal manner by PAYING FOR LICENSES!

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