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------- Comment 3452: This hurts both users and hardware vendors This Comment is resolved by: This Comment is part of the discussion on: Regarding the text: for example, the work has been installed in ROM In section: gpl3.nonsource.p9.s2 Submitted by: juhl on 2007-06-21 at 21:27 EDT 0 agree: noted by juhl on 2007-06-21 at 21:27 EDT: If vendors switch to shipping software in ROM, then the vendor loses by not being able to upgrade the software to ship updates, fix bug etc. But the user loses as well since he can no longer easily get his problems solved, can easily recieve new features etc - and the vast majority of people don't care one bit if they can also modify the software themselves, they just want the vendor to be able to help them fix bugs and improve functionality. This talk about using ROM's is silly at best. collapse children ------- regards, alexander. -- "Live cheaply," he said, offering some free advice. "Don't buy a house, a car or have children. The problem is they're expensive and you have to spend all your time making money to pay for them." -- Free Software Foundation's Richard Stallman: 'Live Cheaply' _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss