Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:58:52 -0800 (PST) | From | David Lang <> | Subject | RE: Binary Drivers |
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On Thu, 21 Dec 2006, David Schwartz wrote:
>> You say "It's rude to not play by our rules". They say "It's rude of >> you to expect us to change our business model to support your niche >> market differently from the way we support everyone else." Neither is >> wrong... > > Honestly, I think it *is* wrong to sell someone a physical product and then > not tell them how to make it work. If you're not actually selling them the > physical product but selling them a way to get a particular thing done, then > don't represent that you're selling them physical product because that would > presumably include the right to use it any way they wanted provided it was > lawful. > > How would you feel if you bought a car and then discovered that the > manufacturer had welded the hood shut? How many people still do their own > oil changes anyway?
there are cars out there where the owner cannot change or add transmission fluid (I had a rental car spring a leak and found this out the hard way)
some people like this, some don't. vote with your money
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