"Jerry Davis - The Penalties Of Pirating" - читать интересную книгу автора (Davis Jerry)

really knew what it was doing. It was most definitely the best
investment he had ever made.
During the next several weeks Leo was busier than he'd ever
been in his career as an insurance agent. The computer program,
which he'd come to call "Partner," kept his schedule full every
single day. Even better, all his new contacts were already primed
to buy his life insurance. Partner was doing most of the selling
in letters and over the phone (using the seductive voice of the
vox modem), and Leo was just calling on them in person to get the
papers signed.
The bank account swelled. After two months Leo bought a new
car, one that separated hydrogen and oxygen from water and burned
it. A month after that, he put a down payment on a big new condo.
Leo was coming out of a restaurant after a terrific dinner
when he ran into Dano Sharks, the software pirate from which he'd
bought the AI program. Dano looked a little shocked to see Leo,
and looked around nervously to see if anyone was looking at them.
They were in a parking garage and there was no one else in sight.
"Hey, Dano! That software works great!"
"Yeah, man, yeah of course it does." Dano was still looking
around nervously. He leaned close to Leo and said in a low voice,
"You haven't given a copy of it away to anyone, or anything, have
you?"
"No."
"Have you told anyone about it? About where you got it?"
"No. I haven't even told anyone I have it. I know better than
that, man. It's pirated."
"That's really good man, because you'd better keep it to
yourself. You know what I'm saying? To yourself." Dano's voice and
expression was intense, like he was afraid.
"Sure, of course I will."
"You better, and don't you tell anyone where you got it."
"I won't. Why, what's wrong?"
"You really got yourself a deal on that program, man," Dano
said. "It's hot, it's really hot. You say it's working good for
you?"
"Yeah."
"Well there's feds poking around looking for it, man. You
don't want to know who wrote it. You just don't want to know."
"Who?"
"The Central Intelligence Agency, man. The CIA."
"No way!"
"Yes way. I knew it was a government program when I sold it
to you, but I didn't have any idea how heavy a government program
it was. As far as I'm concerned, I never sold it to you. I never
saw it. You know what I mean?"
"Yeah. And I definitely don't have it."
"You got it man. You don't have it. It doesn't exist."
With that, Leo left and drove home. The next morning, which