Re: 905474 re-released June 27
- From: "Tom Willett" <tompepper@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:25:41 -0500
Now, Robin, that certainly fits the definition of spyware to me ;-)
Tom
"Robin Walker [MVP]" <rdhw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Tom Willett <tompepper@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You should have posted the *entire* Eula, not just part of it. It's
rather interesting, wouldn't you say?
OK - here's the whole thing:
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