Re: Follow up on "lying with statistics"

[stan johnson <sjohnson@gwi.net>]

** Reply to note from banko_joseph@jpmorgan.com Mon, 7 Dec 1998   
08:08:43 -0500 
 I am a Mac user who is forced to occasionally run a particular 
 Windows application on VPC (Virtual PC) on my Mac. If I buy a new 
 G3 Powerbook and move VPC from my 3400 to the new G3 am I in 
 violation of the EULA?  
 
I suspect (and fear) that the meaning of 'a specific computer' will only   
be decided when one or more court cases are tried. This is the sort of   
question that keeps lawyers in BMW's. Or the ISVs make the terms   
even *more* extortionary, and make such questions moot.  
 
Unfortunately the home user or small business person can't afford to   
fight such suits, so we'll have to suffer in silence until   
someone/something breaks the bind. 
 
I personally am *really* impressed by the fantastic way the 'free   
market', so-called, works to the benefit of myself as a home   
user/non-business. The invisible hand has me by the throat.  :-( 
 
 
 


slj
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Stan Johnson    TeamOS/2
sjohnson@gwi.net