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At 14:11 4/10/2001 +1000, you wrote:
>I haven't commented so far on this thread, because I am a software villan.
>I have paid money to Microsoft because I have used Microsoft products and
>at times have found them enitrely indispensible. It is both a moral and a
>legal choice to pay for the software I use, or at least to use a license
>that someone else has paid for in the past is not currently using.

actually that's more like what i do. i'm not the official owner of the 
software in that i haven't been the one to shell out the cash, but i have 
the permission of the person who did pay for it to use their cdkey, and i 
only use what they're no longer using. (my father is quite fussy about 
which version of windows he'll have installed on his machine)

i'm not entirely sure how the law works in this case tho. i didn' t pay for 
the software, and i'm not in possession of the original cd or certificate 
of authentication. it's as bad as when i got my 486 that already had 
win3.11 installed on it and no cert or disks. *shrug* i'm hoping my gaming 
addiction will soon wear off so i can get rid of this monstrosity and use 
the true OS.

Sandra.

silne at optushome.com.au
ICQ: 7632763


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