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From: js9b+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jon C. Slenk)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Ethics of crippler circuitry
Message-ID: <MXwliIy00V45JUKFBg@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 10 Feb 89 17:27:48 GMT
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	<750@pccuts.pcc.amdahl.com>
Organization: Class of '92, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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In article <4602@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> jackg@tekirl.LABS.TEK.COM (Jack Gjovaag)
writes:
        >The ethics of adding "crippling" circuitry to an otherwise high
        >performance machine to fill a gap in a product line is not at all
        >clear to me.  >
One must realize that a company has every right to do whatever they wish to do
with thier stuff. If they believe they can reap better profits by 'crippling' a
machine and selling it as low-end with lots-o-sales, then they have every right
to.

If someone makes something, they can do what they wish with it.

Sincerely,
Jon Slenk / js9b CMU.