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Re: M$ IL latest craze
- To: linux-il@linux.org.il
- Subject: Re: M$ IL latest craze
- From: Vadim Vygonets <vadik@cs.huji.ac.il>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 16:21:09 +0300
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- In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9905291444460.10153-100000@frodo.sharat.home>; from Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo on Sat, May 29, 1999 at 02:52:11PM +0300
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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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