Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uunet!wshb!michaelb From: michaelb@wshb.csms.com ( WSHB Operations Eng) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Latest code-copying decision Message-ID: <863@wshb.csms.com> Date: 12 Sep 90 15:10:01 GMT References: <1990Sep11.185105.14201@kodak.kodak.com> Distribution: na Organization: WSHB, Christian Science Mon. Synd., Cypress Creek, SC Lines: 22 > >customer had already bought and paid for. (I believe that A-M modified the > >copied microcode and then installed the modified version to meet requirements > >unique to the company that owned the IBM mainframe.) > Hmm.... Isn't this like you buying a GM car, then taking it to one of > those "Supe-it-up" garages, who take out the carburetor, build another > carb that'll work like the original, only with better performance, and > then putting the new carb in your car? I believe it is more like buying a new GM car and having an electronics shop read the EPROM in the computer and make you a new copy with different variables. I wonder if GM will start sueing the aftermarket hot rodders? . . Michael -- Michael Batchelor--Systems/Operations Engineer #compliments and complaints WSHB - An International Broadcast Station of # letterbox@csms.com The Christian Science Monitor Syndicate, Inc. #technical questions and reports michaelb@wshb.csms.com +1 803 625 4880 # letterbox-tech@csms.com