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From: lrj@lasspvax.UUCP (Lewis R. Jansen)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Your software rights are in danger
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Date: Mon, 30-Dec-85 23:31:15 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 30 23:31:15 1985
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Reply-To: lrj@lasspvax.UUCP (Lewis R. Jansen)
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>Better still, go out of your way to take your trade to software
>companies that show some concern for their customers; letters to
>companies which you are avoiding might also be a good idea.  ...

  Lest we forget, make sure you also write letters to the companies whose
policies you like, whether they don't use copy-protection, have good
sevice depts or whatever.  If they get letters of praise from satisfied
customers, they will be more likely to continue such policies.  Postive
reinforcement is also a good training tool...  And that's what the free-
market system is all about;  the buying public 'training' the vendor to
do what they want... ;^)

>Bennett Todd -- Duke Computation Center, Durham, NC 27706-7756; (919) 684-3695

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