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From: daveharv@pro-novapple.UUCP (Dave Harvey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: RE: S.198
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Date: 1 Jun 89 02:09:50 GMT
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Network Comment: to #6840 by obsolete!davidbrierley%lynx.northeastern.edu

>are, by definition, not affected by this proposed legislation.  The real
>problem of this legislation is that people who are considering buying a
>package cannot legally try it out on their own first.  Furthermore, 
>people who have compatible-model computers won't always know if a new
>software release will run on their machine; as many software publishers
>do not test their products on clones and clone manufacturers can't possibly
>test all software on their machines.

>                                        davidbrierley@lynx.northeastern.edu


One alternative is to shop for software at those stores that allow software to
be returned with no questions asked, such as Egghead for one.  I'm sure
there're others that have the same policy.  I've done that with a number of
programs that I wasn't sure would run on my computer.  Bought it one day
and took it back the next day.
 
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