Re: VAX software available for download

From: Lurker (nowhere_at_nothing.com)
Date: 06/29/05 

Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:24:33 +1200

"Bill Gunshannon" <bill@cs.uofs.edu> wrote in message
news:3idi3fFkqrlpU1@individual.net...
> In article <d9rti8$d8n$1@lnx107.hrz.tu-darmstadt.de>,
> m.kraemer@gsi.de (Michael Kraemer) writes:

> > yes, but these are restrictions imposed by law,
> > and not by the car maker. I give money, he gives car.

The border-line can get a little blurred at times. Let me give
you an example:

Some years ago I got an official, formal letter from the
manufacturer of the car that I then drove. It advised me
that there is a problem with the starter motor on the model
that I own (do I dare to say that word? :-) They will replace
it free of charge at my convenience but, until that's done,
I should not drive the car at over 80Kph because of the
risk of it catching fire. If it does, insuarance company
may refuse to pay because I had been advised of the risk.

How's that for car ownership?

>
> Well, I have always thought the car vs. software was a bad analogy
> as one is physical and the other non-tangible.

It certainly is a bad one.

>
> But let's stick with it for just a moment longer. Can I assume the
> Car Lease disease hasn't hit German like a brick yet? It's all the
> rage over here and much more to the point.

That's news to me. Wouldn't know about Germany but do you mean
it's becoming a norm in whereever you are? [Totally unrelated to
anything even remotely connected to VMS of course. Want to open
a competition on how far off-topic can people get?]

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