>I am not saying the original writer did >either of these things but I just don't think that criticizing Tim for >raising some valid points is the way to go.
I criticized him because he basically said I should not have offered support to the person because there was question if the software was legitly obtained. When I countered explaining that A: I didn't question it, because my interpretation of the original email came to a legit conclusion, and not one of piracy, and that B: it isn't my place to question the legitimacy of someone's software. I'm not about to preface all responses by first asking someone to prove they own their software. I prefer to NOT assume everyone is a criminal and go ahead and answer the question. There is nothing in the original email that dictates it is pirated software. There is lack of an OS X CD, which has 1001 reasons why it could be missing, ONE of which is the software was pirated. And regardless, the person wanted to know how to get OS 9, not OS X... and they freely stated that their OS 9 CD was included with their iMac (so unless you want to accuse them of stealing the iMac, that means it is a legal copy of OS 9) Tim then countered saying that was a "cavalier" attitude and that I was in fact encouraging software piracy. He also went into some canned responses by the software industry about how its all the pirates fault that software is over priced. And also that there doesn't seem to be a way for someone that legitly owns a program to not have exact knowledge of where the CD for it is, and have it on hand right at this moment. And thus, if the person is unaware of where a CD is, it must be a stolen program. So naturally, I responded again, disputing Tim's "facts", and criticizing him for treating others blindly as a criminal. If we follow Tim's line of thought, then no software related questions should be answered here until full proof of software ownership is given IN ADVANCE. So then, lets put the matter to rest... the original poster can now reply explaining if he is in fact pirating OS X. Of course, since there is no way to know if he is or not, the answer naturally will be along the lines of the following: "I bought an iMac, it came with OS 9 and OS X. I had that version of OS X installed, but lost the password. Since I was unaware of any way to recover it, I decided to reinstall. I was unable to locate the OS X install CD that came with my iMac, so I bought a used copy of Jaguar on the LEM Swap list instead. Now I have Jaguar installed, but would like to restore my OS 9 ability as well, and I don't know how to do that because the iMac's restore CDs took care of that automatically, but I can't use them, because I can't find the OS X CD that it needs for part of the process. So I was curious if 'Classic' was something I could download from Apple's web site, or if possibly there was a way to use the OS 9 CD that came with my iMac, that I was able to find, to restore the use of OS 9 under Jaguar so I can continue to use my OS 9 apps." There, I just rephrased exactly what the original poster said. Only I added the little, unverifiable statements, that remove any doubt as to the legitimacy of the software. That should make Tim happy, unless he expects receipts for said software to also be furnished before answering questions. Like I said, I prefer to have faith in my fellow man and assume they are honest. I'm not as ready to crucify someone for theft because they didn't spell out every detail of how and why they do and do not have a particular CD (which I might add, was STILL immaterial to the actual question... legit copy of Jaguar or not, the original poster STILL would need OS 9, and he was very clear that his OS 9 CD was in fact legit). PPbbhhtt :-p -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
