Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!wa4mei!ke4zv!gary From: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Unlimited software warranties Message-ID: <2627@ke4zv.UUCP> Date: 27 Mar 91 20:20:46 GMT References: <8501@rsiatl.Dixie.Com> <6L5AUW3@xds13.ferranti.com> <1991Mar22.143056.4580@rwwa.COM> Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman) Organization: Gannett Technologies Group Lines: 16 In article karl@ficc.ferranti.com (Karl Lehenbauer) writes: >See here, if you got use out of something for a goodly while, even if it's >still in perfect condition, as software would be, you can't really expect >to get your money back, or wouldn't everyone want their money back once >they were upgrading their systems, going to new software, etc? Sure >they would, and how are your vendors supposed to make money, then? How about a 5 year depreciation schedule. Any software that isn't still useful after 5 years wasn't a good deal to begin with, even if it was free. You were ripped off right? You deserve a refund for all that lost time wasted in retraining. After all, they're forcing you to learn a whole new buglist and develop a whole new set of workarounds. Why they should pay *you* to take their new software. :-) Gary