Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think!husc6!encore!pierson From: pierson@encore.com (Dan L. Pierson) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: open this package and you're stuck with it Message-ID: Date: 21 Feb 90 18:39:21 GMT References: <48c21c82.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM> <777@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> Sender: news@Encore.COM Followup-To: comp.lang.c Distribution: usa Organization: Encore Computer Corporation Lines: 23 In-reply-to: jmann@bigbootay.sw.stratus.com's message of 21 Feb 90 14:39:58 GMT In article <777@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> jmann@bigbootay.sw.stratus.com (Jim Mann) writes: If you answer yes to the above, does this mean that you should be able to return any book that you buy but don't like? No, it means that I should either be able to open the book and look trough it at the bookstore until I'm convinced it's worth buying or that the reputable mail-order dealer I'm ordering from will provide a money-back guarantee. I find that both are common practice. With software: 1. You can't tell if it's a piece of junk before you open it and try to use it. 2. The author/manufacturer explicitly refuses to claim that it isn't said piece of junk. -- dan In real life: Dan Pierson, Encore Computer Corporation, Research UUCP: {talcott,linus,necis,decvax}!encore!pierson Internet: pierson@encore.com