On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 07:36:21AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Nope. If Mandrake or Redhat goes bankrupt the user has all > > possibilities to donwload binary and source packages from > > elsewhere. Notably, noone of the packages those vendors > > distribute in their standard distribution has such ridiculous > > restrictions as to require an official reseller or prohibit > > distribution of the binaries. > > But the user doesn't get the support from his vendor any more. who cares if he gets support elsewhere? The problem is that this licence can make it harder to get support or even plain upgrades without any support. I am not speaking about an actual situation but in a shrinking market you should take worries like that into account. > > > Likewise, who wouls take care of a hardware problem, if tour > > > reseller went "poof"? The situation for the software isn't different in > > > that respect. > > > > oh yes, it is *very much* different. If my HW goes poof I am free > > to go to an electrician around the corner and ask him to repair > > the HW.. I may be more or less lucky. > > And if your seller of SMSQ/E gioes poof, you are free to buy > anothe copy if need be. Same difference. I find it hard to follow you here. Buying new HW is not the same as repairing old. And how do I buy another copy of SMSQ if there is no reseller? Richard
