I don't know what Windows OS's sell for these days but I do know that Panther and Jaguar set me back about $130 each. Photoshop about $400, Office v. X about (I forget). My point is that software prices are high because these companies have to make up for lost profits because certain individuals who think it is OK to lend and borrow without having to pay. I am a regular in the Mac or PC chat room on AOL and people come in all the time asking for serial numbers for this piece of software or that piece of software. We NEVER help them and tell them to go buy it!
Theft of software hurts all of us by raising prices. Encouraging or aiding them in their theft is a thing we should all avoid. Cavalier attitudes like yours don't help.
Pay for your software and then you won't be in the situation described by the original poster. Or, at least, if you DID pay for it....be responsible and store it in a safe place.
OK, I'm done.
Tim On Jun 21, 2004, at 8:22 PM, chris wrote:
First, the OS X disk is un-needed if he is only after OS 9 and has the
disk for that. So there for, like I said, the OS X disk is of no use for
what he wants to do.
Second, assuming that since he lacks the OS X disk right now means he
stole the OS 9 disk is just a bad assumption. There are pleanty of legit
reasons to not have the matching OS X disk. He could have lost or
misplaced it. He could have purchased the OS 9 disk and since he already
had OS X didn't bother with that disk as well (the license IS
transferable, go ahead and read it). He could have broken the OS X disk.
He could have bought the iMac used and it never came with the OS X disk.
I don't have the original email here to double check, but ISTR that he stated he has the OS 9 disk that came with his iMac, but lacks the OS X disk right now. I take that as "I have no idea where that CD went that came with my computer"
And Third... it isn't my place to worry about if he has a legit copy of
the OS or not. He asked how to get OS 9 installed, I told him a method
that uses the items he has. If he stole or "aquired" the software, that
is up to him to deal with any ramifications for having done so. It isn't
my problem, nor will I refuse to give him advice on those grounds.
Exterminate all rational thought.
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