Subj : Re: Computers
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Jimmy Anderson
Date : Wed May 07 2025 12:57:52

-=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

 pF> Then, Windows got so big that they required makers to purchase a
 pF> license per system or they wouldn't sell you any license at all.

 pF> Let's not forget people who went through the hoops of trying to get a
 pF> refund on a shrinkwrap license of Windows when they installed another
 pF> OS.

 pF> It was the same rationale that the RIAA used to get the courts to order
 pF> makers of blank CDs to pay into a fund for the recording industry
 pF> because users could possibly use blank CDs to copy music (which was
 pF> legal under copyright, but details...)

Ah - the old 'but you COULD do it, so let's make sure you pay for it
anyway' rationale...

Reminds me of the John Boy & Billy Playhouse where the lady was in the
boat and the game warden said he was going to give her a ticket for
fishing without a license. "But I'm not fishing - I'm just here to 
relax." 

His reply was that she had the equipment and the opportunity, so how did
he know she wasn't going to start? She said that was fine - but she wanted
to file a report of sexual harrasment. When he said he didn't do that at
all, she said, "but you have the equipment and the opportunity. How do 
I know you're not going to start?"


.... Almost had a psychic girlfriend - she left me before we met.
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