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In article <8806182222.AA23513@decwrl.dec.com> long@rainbo.dec.com (Now HE will ask the questions!) writes:
>Well, this one is interesting.  Just to see what all the hubbub was about
>FullWrite, I went to a dealer this afternoon to try to 
>get a demo of the program and to peruse the manuals.  After some moaning
>and groaning on their part, they finally opened a shrink wrapped package
>and let me look at the manuals.  However, they would NOT put the software
>on their in-store Mac so that I could try it out.  Their reasoning was as
>follows:
>
>	- The FullWrite installation apparently modifies the DISTRIBUTION
>disk to write your name, company, and program serial number.  If true, this 
>is bogus!  What if you want to sell the software to someone else?  In any
>event, it would seem that all one would have to do is to copy the distribution
>disks, and install from those copies.  Unless of course, the distribution
>disks are copy-protected, which would be doubly bogus.
>
>I tend to suspect that the dealer was just being difficult and ignorant.  
>Rich

Yes, Fullwrite does what the dealer said (as do Microsoft Products and many
others nowadays) but yes, he could just have copied the originals befor start-
ing up.

IF the dealer is unwilling to sacrifice one copy for in store demoing, then
he has no right to moan and groan about mail order houses and their lack of
support (Im not  saying this dealer did moan, its just that many do).

I think the dealer should just have opened the pack and sacrificed it.
I would not want to buy it after.  Most dealerships I have seen (I have
seen and worked in many) are so disorganized, some crucial piece of paper
would surely get lost.

Josh


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