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From: dc@gcm (Dave Caswell)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: lotus chairman makes 26 million
Message-ID: <457@white.gcm>
Date: 7 May 88 07:49:21 GMT
References: <9160@cisunx.UUCP> <1801@uhccux.UUCP> <807@netxcom.UUCP> <9360@cisunx.UUCP> <810@netxcom.UUCP>
Reply-To: dc@white.UUCP (Dave Caswell)
Organization: Greenwich Capital Markets, Greenwich, CT
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In article <810@netxcom.UUCP> ewiles@netxcom.UUCP (Edwin Wiles) writes:
>In article <9360@cisunx.UUCP> mike@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Mike  Elliot)
>writes:
>>In article <807@netxcom.UUCP> ewiles@netxcom.UUCP (Edwin Wiles) writes:

.The only 'legal' way that I would able to do this sort of testing, would be to
.borrow such products from friends for a period of time.  Since they wouldn't
.want to be left without their software for an extended period, this would
.involve copying.  Understand, I'd only do this to decide which of several
.packages did everything I wanted, the way that I wanted.  When I came to a
.final decision, which would take some time, I WOULD purchase one of them.
.The others would be destroyed.

Read almost any software agreement.  It is not copiable except for backup
purposes.  Your argument is meaningless; you can not copy it.  You have to
think of some other way to make a buying decision.  Most people seem to make
do for other products.