rogerk@mips.COM (Roger B.A. Klorese) (05/18/88)
In article <4780@teddy.UUCP> jpn@teddy.UUCP (John P. Nelson) writes: >>people whom actually NEED a piece of software usually end up buying >>it. >Gee, I don't know. This isn't ALWAYS true. A simple counterexample: >MSDOS. >If I ever decide to upgrade from DOS 3.1, I'll probably use a pirated >copy. Why? Because: #1: Microsoft/IBM did not provide any way for me to >upgrade my legitimate copy of DOS at a reasonable price, and #2: I >don't expect to get any SUPPORT from Microsoft no matter HOW loudly I >complain. You obviously don't understand Microsoft's role with regard to MS-DOS. Microsoft owes you no support for MS-DOS, no matter where or how you got it, if you are an end user. Microsoft supplies MS-DOS to computer vendors. They are Microsoft's customers. They are entitled to support from Microsoft. If you buy MS-DOS from your computer vendor, you are entitled to the level of support that your purchase agreement with that vendor allows you, *from that vendor*. The fact that the product is produced by Microsoft is none of your business. The MS-DOS you use on a Tandy machine, for example, is a Tandy product, supported by Tandy. The only thing more amusing than the rationalizations of a thief are the rationalizations of an ignorant thief. -- Roger B.A. Klorese MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. {ames,decwrl,prls,pyramid}!mips!rogerk 25 Burlington Mall Rd, Suite 300 rogerk@mips.COM Burlington, MA 01803 I don't think we're in toto any more, Kansas... +1 617 270-0613