On 11/20/01 9:57 AM, "Greg Hammond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Christian:
>
> Leaving aside your assumptions, some of which are wrong about my activity,
> get off your high horse. You have no authority to arbitrate morality in my
> universe. OTOH, if you want to say that it's just "your opinion" that it's
> wrong, that's fine, but so what? What possible bearing does it have on the
> discussion? I asked an objective question, unrelated to your personal
> morals.
Well it is not just my opinion. It is a matter of what is legal and what is
not. There is no high horse here folks. Just a question of law.
> Harry hit it on the head with his three categories, in fact, both sets of
> his categories. OTOH, whether or not I should have even raised the issue on
> this list--given the number of other questions about Entourage X on this
> list--strikes me as largely irrelevant, but a point on which folks can
> genuinely disagree.
Folks can perhaps disagree, but it is not a disagreement with me, it is a
disagreement with our laws. Harry's description of those categories are
accurate, but it does not alter the legal facts. This is actually very black
and white. (As someone pointed out to me off list, if you or Harry produced
shareware software, for example, you might have very different feelings
about this.)
>
> P.S. FWIW, I was loaned a PB to use with Office X on it [actually swapped
> with my PB]; at first, it had Xb15, and then it was loaned to me again with
> X GM over the weekend. Why did this happen? The person who loaned it to
> me--who is apparently authorized to have the software--knows that I work in
> a nearly entirely PC company. He has consulted for my company before. When I
> joined the company about 4 years ago, I brought my Mac to work. For a year
> and a half, it was the only Mac; now however, there are 10 Mac users in this
> company of about 300, including a completely "Mac-ified" marketing
> department [with two dual processor G4 desktops, PB G4, iBook, etc.]. My CFO
> came to me for advice on what to buy his daughters this past week; I
> recommended Mac, and Office X was a huge selling point.
I think that�s fine and I am glad that you were able to help someone make
the decision that is best for them. The description of the situation above
actually brings up some other legal angles on it (and this is truly OT), not
sure of the details, but if we considered your friend a beta tester, under
an NDA from MS, then *they* would probably be in violation of it for showing
it to you. Not sure.... Just an academic interest there...
> So, now do you feel better? Maybe, maybe not. Personally, I do not care. I
> sleep just fine at night.
Oh I feel just fine, thank you for asking. I sleep reasonably well, but
would sleep a lot better without a toddler crawling in the bed at 3 am! ;-)
Cb
cbrady @ tulane.edu
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