Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!emory!mephisto!mcnc!duke!cello!jfw From: jfw@cello.mc.duke.edu (John Whitehead) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Technical Support, 1-900-555-HELP! Message-ID: <20624@duke.cs.duke.edu> Date: 5 Jul 90 15:00:09 GMT References: <9664.268769e4@amherst.bitnet> <384@three.MV.COM> <9677.268cb7d1@amherst.bitnet> <387@three.MV.COM> Sender: news@duke.cs.duke.edu Reply-To: jfw@neuro.duke.edu (John Whitehead) Organization: Duke University Medical Center -- Durham, NC Lines: 21 In article <387@three.MV.COM> cory@three.MV.COM (Cory Kempf) writes: >And just wait until someone comes up with the scheme of copy protection >via a tech support password (e.g. call tech support and if you are a >registered user, we will give you a password good for the next six months) Lotus already does this: a password is included in the package when you buy it, is activated the first time you use it, and is good for six months. >No Thanks. Actually, I think that is a fair compromise. For the first six months, it is completely free (an 800 number); after that it just a normal toll charge to the phone company (to Boston), though the support is still free. John Whitehead Internet: jfw@neuro.duke.edu Department of Neurobiology jfw@well.sf.ca.us Duke University Medical Center Bitnet: white002@dukemc Durham, North Carolina