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Article #34165Re: Registered Users
From: Richard Wilkes
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 1988 17:30
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 1988 17:30
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From article <607@arp.anu.oz>, by atf@arp (Andre Fuhrmann):
> In article <1036@fai.UUCP>, dalea@fai.UUCP (Dale M. Arends) writes:
>> Here is an interesting situation. When I purchased my hard disk from
>> Jasmine, it came with the Symantec Utilities for the Macintosh (SUM)
>> on it. This was not a surprise since they advertise the fact. However,
>> according to Symantec, that does NOT make me a valid user/owner of the
>> software and, thus, cannot be a registered owner unless I purchase
>> another copy of the package.
> How I found out? Well, two floppies came together with the HD. After
> cursory inspection, I assumed that they contained the Jasmine Drive
> Tools and SUM. Thus, when I reformatted the HD, I made no backup of
> SUM since I thought I already had one. Only after reformatting I
> realised that I had only a *partial* copy of SUM: the Symantec Tools
> were only on the HD, not on one of the two floppies that came with it.
My problem exactly! I thought it was perfectly reasonable to assume that
the SUM distribution disks I got were the "real thing"...however, I'm
now missing Symantec Tools because I didn't back SUM up off of the HD.
> By the way, anyone out there who feels an urge to send me the Symantec
> Tools component of SUM? (I still feel bloody well entitled to them.)
>
> Andre Fuhrmann
> Automated Reasoning Project, Australian National University,
> GPO Box 4, ACT 2601, Australia. atf@arp.anu.oz.au
I would appreciate a copy as well -- after all, we did pay for it...
Thanks!
Richard Wilkes
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Richard Wilkes Whaddya mean, ya don't need it now??
Analog Design Tools
Sunnyvale, California 94086 ...{sun!sunncal,hplabs}!analog!richw
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