Re: The new licensing model

["Norm" <normanmo@clark.net>]

On Fri, 17 Dec 1999 04:11:34 -0500 (EST), Dan Strychalski wrote:

>>   But I do feel that the power you speak of is based not on some excess
>>   larceny in the heart of management but in the licenses they are
>>   granted to use it by not having to disclose one jot of code, along
>>   with the rest of the world. I do not see them being unique in this
>>   regard other than having overachieved at it.
>
>When a certain widely-used resource that is built into the
>hardware is suddenly disabled in every big-name program on
>the market, and then is magically re-enabled when the
>monopoly is complete, there is excess larceny somewhere.


     I agree.  Whether or not there was 'larceny in their hearts' is
irrelevant, there was at the very least a blatant disregard for what
might be considered illegal.  That said, when you consider the level of
deceit involved it's highly likely they knew damn well exactly what
they were doing.
 
--
 ...Cheers,

 ...Norm

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