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Re: M$ IL latest craze



Disclaimer: I don't like Microsoft, nor do I like Linux.

Quoth Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo on Sat, May 29, 1999:
> What else would you expect if you get nothing for you license - software
> isn't working any better, all support calls are "we'll call you back" and
> "this must be something wrong with your computer, it works fine in ours".

I don't say that M$ is such a great company and they provide such
a great service to their users, that everyone must buy they
products.  Frankly, they suck, and my opinion is that people
should not buy from them.

> What exactly are you getting for you 1000NIS+ for Office that you can't
> get with 10NIS and CD-writer?

Hey, you don't like M$ Orifice?  It's too bad and too expensive
for your tastes?  Don't use it!

> It's impossible to get a law working if 99% of people see no use of it.
> You can't jail everyone. Even in US reported piracy rate is about 40%+
> as I heard...

That doesn't make it good.  Hey, I don't have a car, should I go
out and steal one?  Or, more to the point: in Israel, many people
throw junk on the streets instead of throwing it to the thrash
can.  Does it make throwing junk everywhere ethical?

> VV>> Money.  Let's face it: Microsoft is a falling company, it will
> VV>> die in 5 or 10 years.
> 
> Not die. But move to the direction of IBM and others - very well possible.

You may be right.  Anyway, even if MS survives, it won't be the
thing it is today.  Hell, it may even become not evil.

> VV>> Even if you buy a computer with Windows, you can legally return
> VV>> Windows back for a refund.
> 
> I have yet to see anyone who succeeds to pull such a trick on large Israel
> hardware shop. They first responce would be "so sue me in BAGATS".
> Followed by a healthy laughter.

Hmm, well, maybe you're right on this point.  Anyway, legally
such possibility exists, and suing them in BAGATS should help.
It's written on the license, and I quote from memory: "If you
don't agree to the terms and conditions of this license, return
this product to where you bought it or to MS immediately".

Vadik.

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