Eugene Vital wrote: > Virgil Bierschwale wrote: >> Isnt that what microsoft is doing ? >> > I don't think so. What I would call it is the old bait and switch. > Software has been around for a long long time and the industry has > accepted the single > PC use for as long as I can remember, this is what I think everyone > considers "Fair Use" and is perfectly acceptable. But now that everyone > has become so > dependent on this technology Microsoft wants to change that paradigm to > one that suites their bank accounts and drain everyone dry, to me this > is unacceptable. > > > > I think it is they way we view "our" personal computers and the way > Microsoft views "our" personal computers aren't the same. > > I look at my PC like I do my automobile, If I want to by after market > parts and install I am going t, if I want to rip the engine out of my > Ford and drop in a small block Chevy, I am going to and nobody tries to > stop me. If they did I wouldn't buy it. > > > I put a lot of thought into trying to think of some other "thing" in our > lives that the manufacturer tries to dictate how we use it and I am > honestly at a loss. > >> Virgil Bierschwale wrote: >> >>> Yet, when we sell our software, its ok for us to put stipulations that >>> specify that you cannot have more then one copy, yada yada yada, in >>> order to protect ourselves..? >>> > Again, this is well established and accepted. > >>> >>> >> When you buy the can of beans, you only get 1 can. Want to cans (copies)? >> Fork over another 89 cents. :-) >>
When you give me a can then you have one less can so it is reasonable you get something for it. When you give me a copy then you provide a service (you still have the can, the service is the copying) and it is reasonable that you get something in return FOR YOUR SERVICE and not for the can you still have. > That is fair, just don't try and tell my I can't eat them on Thurday > or that I can't eat them with a competitors can of corn. > > _______________________________________________ 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.
