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In article <2A7F5D92.28501@noiro.acs.uci.edu> rmyers@dec5200.acs.uci.edu  
(Richard Myers) writes:
> In article <810@rtbrain.rightbrain.com> glenn@rightbrain.com writes:
> 
> >It might inconvenience you to not be able to copy and use software
> >on several machines, or at home. It's also inconvenient for you to
> >photocopy a book and bind it so you can have a copy at home and at work.
> >If you could make an identical copy of a book as easily as you can make
> >an identical copy of a piece of software, books would probably cost
> >$500 too.
> 
> I suppose this is true, but a backpack only costs 15-50 bucks, but
> a portable NeXT (ehem) costs $4000+? when it arrives?
> Makes it a bit more expensive to carry software to and from work than
> to carry books.
> 
> Kurt

I was under the (wrong?) impression that vendors who use the 'same as a  
book' license allow the software to be installed on several computers as  
long as only one copy is in use at any one time.  Therefore one doesn't need  
to carry the software or the computer back and forth, only the  
documentation, and then only if you need the docs.

I sure would like a NeXTbook though.