Re: "TigerTools Says It Can Remove OS/400 Governors"

On Tue, 30 Oct 2001 10:48:32 -0800
 Chris Rehm <javadisciple@earthlink.net> wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 October 2001 09:44 am, Brad Stone wrote:
>
> > And this type of agreement wouldn't hold water because
> when
> > I purchased the bike, it became MINE.  Not a loaner
> from
> > Honda who can then tell me what I can and can't do with
> it
> > (not taking into acount things that would void the
> > warrenty).
>
> Oh, thank goodness you have cleared that up. Now that I
> have purchased
> Microsoft Word, and it has become MINE, I think I want to
> sell it for $5 a
> copy. Come to think of it, I'm now in the software
> business! I've got a whole
> bunch of stuff I can sell, distribute, modify as I
> please, right? It's all
> MINE, right?
>
> Hmm, maybe sometimes comparing different product types in
> different markets
> doesn't quite work.

Or maybe the difference between selling and modifying isn't
quite clear.  Sure, I said "you can do what you want with
it" but as long as you want to take it that far, why not use
the analogy of taking the install CD and decapitating
someone with it.  That would have made your point much
clearer.

Practices in different types of markets have their quirks
only because someone started it and others followed, because
it was a benifit to them, not their consumer.

Brad