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From: jmpiazza@sunybcs.uucp (Joseph M. Piazza)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: WordPerfect for students
Message-ID: <5477@sunybcs.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 26-Sep-87 02:53:51 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 26 02:53:51 1987
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In article <3054@hoptoad.uucp> gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes:
>ali@rocky.STANFORD.EDU (Ali Ozer) wrote:
>> According to the form, "Qualifying teachers, as well as college, university,
>> and other post-secondary students, can now purchase WordPerfect
>> Corporation (WPCORP) software directly from WPCORP at reduced price.
>>        ...You apparently need:
>> (3) Your social security number.
>
>What!?!  A computer software company requesting your social security 
>number so you can buy a program from them?

Some (many?  all?) universities/colleges use the student's SS number for ID
with respect to records etc.  I assume this is why they want it.
Presumably your SS number would be more convenient but some other ID number
would do.  I'll let you know when I receive the order form.

>
>>                  --- Call them up --- The phone number given on the form
>> is 801-225-5000.
>
>I recommend that people interested in privacy protection call them
>and flame them for this.  (You get a useless recording outside business
>hours -- I just tried it.)

	Sheesh!  If you're not gonna order it, why bother?  If you are, you can
simply give some other student ID number.  You don't even have a copy of the
form in front of you and you suggest this badgering crap.

Flip side,

	joe piazza

--- Cogito ergo equus sum.

CS Dept. SUNY at Buffalo 14260
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