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- From: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Attn Commodore: You are making a Big Mistake (Hardware
- Message-ID: <38475@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 21:27:29 GMT
- References: <38369@cbmvax.commodore.com> <LZ21wB3w165w@lakes.trenton.sc.us>
- Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel)
- Organization: Flying Cat, Inc.
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- In article <LZ21wB3w165w@lakes.trenton.sc.us> rock@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Rockerboy) writes:
- >daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:
- >> mentioned 100's of times, are guaranteed to change in the future) will help t
- >> protect the software investment of C='s customers.
- >I still don't see why, because of a practice that would be considered
- >intolerable in any industry other than the computer industry, people who
- >hardware code for speed or simply for fun should be punished. If I went
- >to a parts store, picked up a starter for my car, and found it didn't fit
- >my vehicle, I would be quite angry, certainly, but if I took it back,
- >they would say, "Ooops., sorry, here's the right one!", or else refund my
- >money. I see no reason not to demand the same from the software
- >industry. The logic of withholding the hardware manual does not wash.
- >The appropriate thing to do is demand responsibility from software
- >manufacturers.
-
-
- Now, now, you've just brought in an entirely unrelated example;
- the reason they don't say 'oops, sorry, here's the right one' is
- its much easier to copy a program and manual than it is to
- copy a starter. Plus, the auto store will probably be able to
- still sell that starter. Unless, of course, you bashed it to bits
- trying to fit it into your car, in which case, they probably won't
- want to take it back either :-)
-
- Obviously the example has nothing to do with C='s desire to not have
- to support bit level hardware banging of the AA chip set.
-
- andy
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