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- From: johnston@me.udel.edu (Bill Johnston)
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- Subject: Re: software sold can't be replaced ?
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- Date: 10 Sep 92 15:27:35 GMT
- References: <cyen.716103916@ponder>
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- In article <cyen.716103916@ponder> Jesse writes:
-
- System 7 can be ftp'd for free from ftp.apple.com /dts/mac/sys.soft.
- If you bought it, all you paid for was the media and the manuals.
-
- Grab 7.0.1 disk images and Apple Diskcopy plus System 7 Tuner 1.1.1;
- Apple doesn't distribute 7.0.1 by floppy because it's only required
- for machines that shipped with it -- that is, the changes don't
- affect the earlier Macs (except for a small change to SANE that
- you'd have to run benchmarks to find).
-
- > I went back to them and requested to renew, BUT they told me what they can
- >do is to copy new version onto the old disks, and there is no way to replace
- >it with a new one. I don't know if it's legal to copy new version onto old
- >package and sell it as a new product.
-
- They didn't offer to do this. System 7.0 is the new product, and you
- own it already. They offered to let you upgrade to a newer version
- that you don't really need, for free.
-
- > Besides, I have two questions:
- > (1) Why can't I renew the product in warranty period because of mis-shipment?
-
- what you got *is* the current version that Apple ships
-
- > (2) How come Apple Inc don't print version number on box of system 7?
-
- they did; it's 7.0, which is what you got
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