Re: Windows XP CD

From: Bruce Chambers (bruce_a_chambers_at_h0tmail.com)
Date: 08/24/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 19:36:37 -0600

Greetings --

    Yes, but you can't leave the store with 3 bottles of pickles after
only having paid for only one. How is the purchase of a software
license any different, in this respect?

Bruce Chambers 

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"Dick Kistler" <dickkist@Remove-hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Because he actually thinks that he owns something
> after spending the money. If you buy a bottle of pickles,
> you own something when you pay for it.
>
> It is different with software. When you buy it, all
> you get is permission to try to make it work on
> one machine. That's all. He just doesn't realize it yet.
>
> Maybe he owns the box.
>
> *** Kistler
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