From: Daniel Kendell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mr 'Chas', Your tone is very unpleasant.
Too bad. When someone asks exceedingly naive questions about a pro-level piece of software, I think it's a PERFECTLY REASONABLE assumption that he MAY have stolen it. In case you haven't heard, piracy is a big problem. The Mac community is too small and needs its developers too much to tolerate much piracy. So I'm pretty gung-ho about calling a spade a spade.
That said, I didn't ACTUALLY accuse ANYBODY of pirating. I raised the POSSIBILITY but did NOT say that Phil had done so. Read the message again.
Explanation accepted. But look at Phil's post again and TRY to imagine that you DIDN'T know that: doesn't it seem pretty clear that he's out of his league? And what would someone so clearly unknowledgeable about server OSes be doing with a copy unless ...Phil DID NOT steal it. I have a friend that administers a large network of macs for his company and he had this until he got his company to upgrade to OS X Server Panther. He gave it to me, (after getting the all clear from the 'man upstairs' to do with it what he wishes). And he said 'have a play' I have no use for it, and I don't have the time to play with it so, knowing that Phil likes to play with everything and anything, so I handed it on to him.
IOW, I don't think I was particularly off-base in assuming that Phil a) didn't know what he was getting into, and b) MAY repeat MAY have acquired his goods by less than legal means.
I just want to get that clear.
But apparently I was supposed to be psychic and just KNOW this prior to you telling me. I see.
Nobody accuses my friends of stealing
1. Nobody accused anyone of stealing. Someone just raised it as a conceivable possibility. Unclench.
and nobody talks to my friends in that manner either.
2. Apparently someone does, actually.
_Chas_
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