Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!lll-winken!uunet!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: open this package and you're stuck with it Message-ID: Date: 22 Feb 90 19:43:57 GMT References: <48c21c82.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM> <777@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> <6394.25e39baf@pbs.uucp> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Distribution: usa Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 15 In article <6394.25e39baf@pbs.uucp> sdroppers@pbs.uucp (Seton Droppers) writes: > Cars, microwave ovens, VCRs, etc. all have something > tangible to return -- it is really hard to return a VCR > and continue to get use out of it. This is a friend-of-a-friend story, but I have met the principals. There are people who will buy a video camera, use it to record a birthday or other event, then return it to the store claiming it was too complex for them to figure out (or some other excuse). I would say they get more use out of the resulting tape than someone who's got the latest version of all the hot applications neatly filed away on floppies. Nobody copy-protects video cameras. The solution is to convince people that piracy is equally slimey. -- _--_|\ Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . / \ \_.--._/ Xenix Support -- it's not just a job, it's an adventure! v "Have you hugged your wolf today?" `-_-'