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On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 14:44:22 +0200, Preben Randhol
<randhol+ada@pvv.org> wrote:

>> Ask an accountant :-)

>Say you want Debian GNU/Linux you can buy it as a CD and with printed
>Manual from a shop,

Oh yes! That's right. But where can you buy e.g. GNAT (public) on a CD
in a box with a printed manual?

> but there is no other warrenties from that you
>download from the net.

>Besides relying on CD-ROM releases only is
>inherently less secure than also using the net for updates.

I don't disagree with these comments, but I'm a software
engineer/developer, not an accountant.

If you go to your [large] company's accountat and say "there you go,
I've spent $1000 on software" and they say, "well, where is it?" and
you say "it's a file on my PC" what do you think they're going to say
to that?