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From: richw@turner.UUCP (Richard Wilkes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Registered Users
Message-ID: <295@turner.UUCP>
Date: 8 Nov 88 17:30:14 GMT
References: <607@arp.anu.oz>
Organization: Analog Design Tools Inc., Sunnyvale, CA.
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From article <607@arp.anu.oz>, by atf@arp (Andre Fuhrmann):
> In article <1036@fai.UUCP>, dalea@fai.UUCP (Dale M. Arends) writes:
>> Here is an interesting situation.  When I purchased my hard disk from
>> Jasmine, it came with the Symantec Utilities for the Macintosh (SUM) 
>> on it.  This was not a surprise since they advertise the fact.  However,
>> according to Symantec, that does NOT make me a valid user/owner of the
>> software and, thus, cannot be a registered owner unless I purchase 
>> another copy of the package.
 
> How I found out?  Well, two floppies came together with the HD.  After
> cursory inspection, I assumed that they contained the Jasmine Drive
> Tools and SUM.  Thus, when I reformatted the HD, I made no backup of
> SUM since I thought I already had one.  Only after reformatting I
> realised that I had only a *partial* copy of SUM: the Symantec Tools
> were only on the HD, not on one of the two floppies that came with it.
 
  My problem exactly!  I thought it was perfectly reasonable to assume that 
  the SUM distribution disks I got were the "real thing"...however, I'm 
  now missing Symantec Tools because I didn't back SUM up off of the HD. 

> By the way, anyone out there who feels an urge to send me the Symantec
> Tools component of SUM?  (I still feel bloody well entitled to them.)
>
> Andre Fuhrmann
> Automated Reasoning Project, Australian National University,
> GPO Box 4, ACT 2601, Australia.           atf@arp.anu.oz.au
 
  I would appreciate a copy as well -- after all, we did pay for it...
  
  Thanks!
  
  Richard Wilkes

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 Richard Wilkes                  Whaddya mean, ya don't need it now??
 Analog Design Tools
 Sunnyvale, California  94086    ...{sun!sunncal,hplabs}!analog!richw
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