Ken Dibble <> wrote: > What's wrong is periodically pulling the rug out from under customers > to force them to "upgrade". You know, in most states in the US, it's > a crime that results in prison time for an auto mechanic to tell a > customer that s/he needs a "repair" that s/he doesn't really need, or > to deliberately break something in order to charge a fee to fix it. > > But software vendors get away with this kind of crap all the > time--more or less in collusion with hardware vendors. IMO, it's a > moral crime, even if it isn't (yet) a statutory one.
Your kidding right? People upgrade because they want something new. If I'm wrong why does the automotive industry keep pumping out a newer better version of everything year after year? You can't go back in time and purchase new a former vehicle say a 2001, or for that matter a washing machine. So why is the software industry getting away with anything? Stephen Russell DBA / Operations Developer Memphis TN 38115 901.246-0159 http://spaces.msn.com/members/srussell/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/417 - Release Date: 8/11/2006 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
