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From: jnj@mibte.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.lang.c
Subject: MSC 5.0 License Agreement
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Date: Thu, 9-Jul-87 09:11:47 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul  9 09:11:47 1987
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	Does anyone know if the 5.0 license agreement will be the same as
4.0?  That is, does Microsoft demand that you display THEIR company name
on the screen everytime YOUR program is run?
	I sincerely hope not, and now would be a good time for them to
discontinue this practice.  I've talked to several people at microsoft and
can't convince them that this practice is not in their best interest.  I
believe in giving proper credit when it is due, but why they feel their
compiler/linker is the soul of the program is beyond me.  The programs we
develop don't even display our OWN company name, and I'm unaware of other
software companies that expect this behavior.
	I really have a hard time recommending any product that uses this
forced advertising.  Any comments?
					Jim Jackson (Michigan Bell) mibte!jnj

P.S. You DID read the license before you opened the shrink-wrap, didn't you?

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