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From: Franklin on 4 Feb 2010 22:00 Anonymous Remailer (austria) wrote: > > Bear Bottoms wrote: > >> "Anonymous Remailer (austria)" <mixmaster(a)remailer.privacy.at> wrote in >> news:f320fdbd7c84eb33338a3491db1dbea0(a)remailer.privacy.at: >> >>> Now read an EULA from almost anyone not Micro$oft. No other "freeware" >>> vendor, be they Mac/Win/Lin/Whatever, demands that you buy a copy of >>> Windows from them. They really don't give a flying fornicate whether >>> you bought your copy of Window$ at all in fact, and most normal EULA's >>> actually have indemnifying clauses which relieve them if you're >>> running a bootleg copy. Hell for that matter most freeware authors >>> don't legally care if you're running straight emulation either, they >>> just won't officially support it (but many will address issues as a >>> matter of PR). >>> >> This only matters to people not running Windows. To people running >> Windows the programs are free of any additional cost no matter what. If > > Wrong. > > If I demand a fee for the transfer of some property or license, it > matters not one nit whether I collect that bounty the day you receive > said property or a decade prior. The "status" of said property is > defined by the actual demand, not by your clock. > > Care to try another ill thought straw grab? Bottoms knows his arguments lack substance. It's a troll he's laying out: stoking a debate by playing dumb.
From: »Q« on 4 Feb 2010 22:38 In <news:Xns9D15AB21B4885bearbottoms1gmaicom(a)news.albasani.net>, Bear Bottoms <bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com> wrote: > =?UTF-8?B?wrtRwqs=?= <boxcars(a)gmx.net> wrote in > news:20100204121317.5aa4c6f1(a)bellgrove.remarqs.net: > > > Maybe that is why you asked the question, but I think it's more > > likely because you don't have anything more convincing than saying > > "hogwash" to support your idea that once you've bought a license > > for an app that app is freeware. > > Windows is an operating system. You can buy additional software for > it if the bundled software isn't adequate, or you can get a lot of > good freeware for it...and Microsoft has some really good freeware > you can choose from. > > Simple enough. Are you under the misapprehension that what you've just written has something to do with your contention that some apps from Microsoft are freeware despite users having to buy licenses for those apps?
From: KristleBawl on 4 Feb 2010 23:30 �Q� expressed an opinion: > Bear Bottoms<bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com> wrote: >> =?UTF-8?B?wrtRwqs=?= wrote in >>> Maybe that is why you asked the question, but I think it's more >>> likely because you don't have anything more convincing than >>> saying "hogwash" to support your idea that once you've bought a >>> license for an app that app is freeware. >> >> Windows is an operating system. You can buy additional software >> for it if the bundled software isn't adequate, or you can get a lot >> of good freeware for it...and Microsoft has some really good >> freeware you can choose from. >> >> Simple enough. > > Are you under the misapprehension that what you've just written has > something to do with your contention that some apps from Microsoft > are freeware despite users having to buy licenses for those apps? Read the Article I posted about the MS EULA. -- A stoic brings a baby. A cynic is where you wash it. KristleBawl's Taglines by Tagzilla 0.066.2 http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla Instabird development http://www.instantbird.com/
From: Craig on 5 Feb 2010 01:28 On 02/04/2010 08:30 PM, KristleBawl wrote: > �Q� expressed an opinion: >> Bear Bottoms<bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com> wrote: >>> =?UTF-8?B?wrtRwqs=?= wrote in >>>> Maybe that is why you asked the question, but I think it's more >>>> likely because you don't have anything more convincing than >>>> saying "hogwash" to support your idea that once you've bought a >>>> license for an app that app is freeware. >>> >>> Windows is an operating system. You can buy additional software >>> for it if the bundled software isn't adequate, or you can get a lot >>> of good freeware for it...and Microsoft has some really good >>> freeware you can choose from. >>> >>> Simple enough. >> >> Are you under the misapprehension that what you've just written has >> something to do with your contention that some apps from Microsoft >> are freeware despite users having to buy licenses for those apps? > > Read the Article I posted about the MS EULA. Why? I did and I found it very interesting but irrelevant. -- -Craig
From: za kAT on 5 Feb 2010 05:33
On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:00:05 GMT, Franklin wrote: > It's a troll he's laying out: stoking a debate by playing dumb. Whether it started as a troll who knows, but that's what it's become. He always does this, because he can't just say 'I'm wrong'. -- zakAT(a)pooh.the.cat |