On 5 Nov 2002, at 15:47, ������ �. ������ wrote: > I have to agree with Bill (and Bill Cable) on more than one > levels... > > Apart from what's legal (or not legal), there should be a level > of reason among users, vendors and developers.
Oh yes, please! > Totally new means that it does > something that wasn't there originally and with the exception > of the GD2, as Bill (Waugh) pointed out, everything that wass > promised to us was never delivered. Hmm, I must have been living in another world. I did not but an OS whereby, at the time of purchase, I was promised that I would get more features for free. Oh, there was talk that several things lmight be incorporated into the OS in the future, but I have NEVER has a promise from TT in that respect. The ONLY time he promised something was when he got paid to do the colour drivers for the QXL. He promised he'd do them, and he delivered - in the process also doing them for Q60 (and QPC in part). > Under that assumption > SMSQ/E from D&D is indeed an upgrade and not a completely > new O/S. Wrong -not if you buy it in a new machine. > Now if TT (or somebody else) shows me an SMSQ/E > with meta drivers, memory protection, embeded microGui etc.. > .then yes I would consider that a new product but what is > now... is not new (maybe better implemented... but most of > them were there originally and newer versions just ironed out > some bugs)... > > > Now on what's LEGAL, Wolfgang is absolutely right, provided > that SMSQ/E is a NEW product which after some thought I > don't think it is... just an upgrade... We all have been > operating under that assumption else many QPC sales > wouldn't be possible right? > No, that's just not true. Moreover, if you buy two copies of QPC and get sold two SMSQ/E to go with them, TT will get money twice. Wolfgang
