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Article #1100Re: Society's access to source code (was Re: KDE v. Gnome)
From: msissom
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 00:00
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On Fri, 9 Oct 1998 09:10:03 -0700, jedi@dementia.mishnet () wrote: >On Thu, 08 Oct 1998 18:28:11 GMT, msissom@dnaent.com <msissom@dnaent.com> wrote: >>On Tue, 6 Oct 1998 13:07:51 -0700, jedi@dementia.mishnet () wrote: >> >>>>As soon as the product fails, take it in for repair like any other >>>>failed product or return it and get your money back. Much simpler. >>>>That's what I've always done. >>> >>> Oh? Where do you shop exactly? >>> >>Since DNS can't find your mishnet... > > It's on the 192.168.0.0 subnet. No wonder. >> >>Most recent return was w98 CD to Best Buy. I walked in with >>CD, box, all paperwork inside the box and my sales receipt. >>I said: "It doesn't work. I want my money back." They credited >>my card and I walked out the door leaving the junk with them. >> >>Just becuase the "license envelope" says something doesn't mean >>that it is reality. >> > > So their sign stating that they take no returns for refunds > on opened software is just bullshit, eh? > Like many signs, they are there for reading, not automagically obeying. Everything is still negotiable except perhaps death. At least the BB where I ususally shop has a very good return policy. It also has nothing to do with the signs posted. They are much more concerned with having happy customers than having a rigid policy enforced. I assume that this state exists because the store has not yet had their goodwill exploited by thieves.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1103af,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid1103af,public X-Google-Thread: 10d8ad,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d8ad,public X-Google-Thread: f4bda,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bda,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public From: msissom@dnaent.com Subject: Re: Society's access to source code (was Re: KDE v. Gnome) Date: 1998/10/12 Message-ID: <36225d52.448470456@news.onramp.net> X-Deja-AN: 400365086 References: <FWc39EA3TLD2Ewp3@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <6uipd0$oj8$1@winter.news.erols.com> <87zpbmkhdn.fsf@ivm.de> <kbCveHAOyWD2EwdN@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <Pine.SOL.3.91.980927140803.10597B-100000@howard> <m3af3knl8m.fsf@c26469-a.clnvl1.ct.home.com> <6up86o$t23$1@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> <9nQpxDAYqKE2EwlY@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <6v0oet$avl$1@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> <OHkl5KAObKF2EwIy@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <yq3ogrvc6kb.fsf_-_@nasrullah.tchden.org> <x7Yq2RA8iWF2Ewt$@dlsl.demon.co.uk> <F0ArHE.1M9@a2e.de> <3619aba5.1445375@news.netcologne.de> <361a5b27.611486871@news.onramp.net> <slrn71ku4n.262.jedi@dementia.mishnet> <361d0291.97557309@news.onramp.net> <slrn71sdar.f6q.jedi@dementia.mishnet> Organization: OnRamp, http://www.onramp.net/ Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss