Re: Is Reliance commercial software lending reliable?

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From: Ralph Sims
Date: Tue, 28 May 1991 17:11

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userAKDU@mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA (Al Dunbar) writes:

> >For $2.50 per disk (plus $4.00 shipping), they'll send you complete
> >up to date copies of commercial software.

> I don't have any hard information to back this comment up, but
> it does sound suspicious. What rights to this software do they
> claim to be able to deliver? Is there a time limit (i.e. is it
> a rental), or not (i.e. a "sale")?

A possibility is that they are claiming that shareware == commercial
(and in truth, it probably is).  You buy the shareware disk for $x
and STILL need to register it.  If something sounds too good to be
true, it probably is.

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