"Let the buyer beware" is a thoroughly evil caveat. You say the public
has no right to demand that a business make changes in "legal" business
practices. You and I both know that often businesses engage in shady
practices just inside the law. Of course I'm not intimating that HJ is
doing so in this matter of authorization disks; however, I do sy they're
doing something totally stupid and archaic, and the public does hav a
right to demand change because that practice is detrimental to the
user's best interests. True, we can refuse to buy the product, unless
it's Windows, and inspite of there being at least one better operating
system, we can't use it because Microsoft has bamboozled all the
software manufacturers into refusing to write for the better system...In
that case, "Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to
your door" is simply not true. HJ is, as you say, well within their
legal rights to use this outdated protection system; but if end users
had a lick of sense, HJ would very soon have to change the practice
simply to survive. You are indeed right in saying that the public's
power lies in its use of its purse strings. Nevertheless, we have a
responsibility to let HJ know how we feel about a system that endangers
our ability to make the best use of the product we have been good enough
to purchase from them.
>From: David Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: jfw authorization disk
>Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 21:23:46 -0500
>
>I'm sorry I confused you. I thought my statement was clear.
>
>In my 60 + years I have learned that a company can run its' business
anyway
>they choose as long as they do not defraud the public.
>
>The public can choose to buy the product or not. The business will
respond
>to the financial pressure. The public has no right to demand changes
in
>legal business practice. Anyone has the right to start a business in
>competition. Some do and others just complain.
>
>While we are on caveat ; what about "Let the buyer beware"?
>
>Dave
>At 06:29 PM 3/19/99 EST Charles Lott Wrote:
>Mr. Meyers:
>
>I hear you saying that anything HJ chooses to do, regardless of the
>effect it may have on paying end-users, is absolutely right, and that
>the end user has no right to any objections. The last time I looked,
>which may have been years ago, since I'm almost 65, there was a caveat
>in the business world: "The customer is always right." The day we get
>to the point where any corporation has the right to ignore the concerns
>of its customers, this nation can consider itself doomed, yes, and
>damnet.
>
>
>>From: David Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: Re: jfw authorization disk
>>Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 17:27:07 -0500
>>
>>Well said, Walt! The key words in your post are "causing for
>themselves".
>>
>>Evidently, HJ has legitimate business reasons for having the
>authorization
>>system. Anyone having the need for more than one authorization disk
>can
>>do as you did and purchase a blank one from HJ and move some of the
>keys
>>onto it. I know HJ has worked with some who have lost keys through
>their
>>actions and issued resets.
>>
>>All the whining is getting old. If one does not like the product,
>which
>>they could demo before purchase, they could have went elsewhere for
>their
>>screen reader and gotten one of the wonderful ones that HJ's
>competitors
>>are pushing on this list. .
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>At 04:04 PM 3/19/99 -0500 Walt Smith Wrote:
>>I don't understand what you're talking about ... two sets of keys?
Are
>we
>>talking about a computer program or a mini-van?
>>
>>I simply do not understand, as I've said before, *why* people have all
>the
>>problems they seem to have with keys. I'm not questioning that they
>*do*
>>have them ... that's painfully obvious ... but I started out with JAWS
>>over a year ago, have moved it from system to system, upgraded from
3.0
>to
>>3.2, etc., etc., and have never had the kinds of problems that people
>seem
>>to be capable of causing for themselves. The only problems I've
>>experienced were the result of my own lack of attention ... like
>resizing
>>a partition without first moving the key back to the authorization
>disk.
>>I know there are others who also haven't had these problems, so what's
>>really going on here?
>>
>>I bought a second authorization disk with no keys on it just so I
could
>>keep one at home and one at work at all times for purposes of removing
>a
>>key if necessary and this has proven to be a handy tool. Since it's
>not
>>provided as part of the base package, I fully expect to pay for
>something
>>like this. Can somebody, without resorting to hysterics or flaming,
>>please tell me *why* this is such a difficult system to work with?
>>
>>--
>>Walt Smith - Raleigh, NC
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>"Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy."
>> - Robert A. Heinlein
>>
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