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Re: If MAME was for sale
04/03/12 07:21 PM


> I disagree, MAME is great because people spend time and money making it great. If
> people didn't donate money and PCBs and artwork, where would MAME be?
>
> Frag if everyone who uses MAME chipped in $5, the dumping project would have more
> money than it would know what to do with.
>
> Its the contributions of people's time and money that makes MAME great.

The fact donations are needed to fuel MAME does in no manner contradict the fact that MAME would not be what it is if not free. Besides if it wasn't a free program, many people wouldn't have donated money, time, resources or whatever to this project to begin with. The fact it was free and open source was crucial in its success.







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* If MAME was for sale RobR 04/03/12 01:59 AM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale OldSchoolGamer  04/05/12 03:20 AM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale greybeard  04/05/12 03:28 AM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale OldSchoolGamer  04/05/12 05:34 AM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale greybeard  04/05/12 06:07 AM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale SmitdoggAdministrator  04/05/12 06:27 AM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale greybeard  04/05/12 04:32 PM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale Bryan Ischo  04/05/12 07:37 PM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale mesk  04/05/12 07:45 PM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale Bryan Ischo  04/05/12 07:48 PM
. * In the spirit of *PROGRESS*, everyone should automatically say NO.... mogli  04/05/12 08:37 PM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale mesk  04/05/12 06:54 PM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale Moose  04/04/12 05:31 AM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale ReadOnly  04/03/12 05:07 PM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale greybeard  04/03/12 05:30 PM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale ReadOnly  04/03/12 07:21 PM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale SmitdoggAdministrator  04/03/12 07:32 PM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale greybeard  04/04/12 06:14 PM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale ReadOnly  04/03/12 08:32 PM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale SmitdoggAdministrator  04/03/12 08:35 PM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale OldSchoolGamer  04/04/12 03:45 AM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale BadMouth  04/05/12 06:08 PM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale ReadOnly  04/05/12 07:20 PM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale SmitdoggAdministrator  04/04/12 04:14 AM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale ReadOnly  04/04/12 03:09 PM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale TafoidAdministrator  04/03/12 05:35 PM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale OldSchoolGamer  04/04/12 03:48 AM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale DMala  04/04/12 04:09 AM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale Naoki  04/05/12 01:05 AM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale greybeard  04/05/12 03:36 AM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale OldSchoolGamer  04/05/12 05:36 AM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale OldSchoolGamer  04/04/12 05:53 AM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale Malmanian  04/04/12 05:39 PM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale B2K24  04/03/12 07:30 AM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale Sune  04/03/12 03:56 PM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale StilettoAdministrator  04/03/12 03:58 PM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale Sune  04/03/12 04:05 PM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale OldSchoolGamer  04/03/12 06:02 AM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale greybeard  04/03/12 02:08 AM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale StilettoAdministrator  04/03/12 04:39 PM
. * Re: If MAME was for sale swm3rd  04/03/12 02:52 AM

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