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In article <1992Aug7.180955.2047@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca> sherwood@fenris.space.ualberta.ca (Sherwood Botsford) writes:
>> I should be able to leave my front door unlocked when I leave without finding
>> my belongings ripped off, leave my car keys in the ignition if I'm afraid of
>> misplacing them (in fact, why do I even need ignition keys?) and return to
>find
>> my car just as I left it, sell my software to willing buyers without them
>> giving it away, etc., etc.  What moral standards do you subscribe to, anyway?
>
>
>My front door has been unlocked, (and in the summer, open) so long that I don't
>know where the key is. (I do have a watch dog.  She watches everyone come up to
>the door to scratch her ears...)
>
>I leave the keys in the ignition all the time.

    I leave my front door unlocked all the time too, it depends where
    you live now doesn't it!

    I don't leave the keys in the ignition though... I like my car!

>Sure it's a risk.  But I decided that I could go through life not trusting
>anyone, and keeping everything I own, or I could take a chance and trust
>people, and be a lot more relaxed.  So far it's cost me 1 middle priced car
>tape deck, and one pair of skiis.  Well worth it.

    I've had a little better luck, the only (important) thing that was ever
    stolen from me was a pet rock.

>In terms of Software, I like Borland's pricing on their language products.  It
>seemed that the price of anything you bought from them was about equal to the
>price of photocopying the documentation.  They were the ones who started the
>"Treat it like a book.  Don't use it it two places at once."
>
>I don't know of anyone who has bothered to pirate their stuff.  But I sure know
>about a lot of illegal copies of dBASE IV.
>
>Ashton-Tate's support was non-existent. They seemed to treat even their legit
>customers with contempt.  And those customers responded.
>
>Borland gave good support, gave good value for the money, and their customers
>responded appropriately.  (I keep pestering them for languages for the Next...)

    I agree completely here (after all, positive reinforced postings are
    more fun then negative argumentative postings !:-)).  Borland is an
    excellent example!	While I find it disheartening to see the excessive
    greed in this world, that doesn't mean I have to follow suit.

					    -Matt
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