From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,85034d1ac78a66eb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-29 03:29:49 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!sfo2-feed1.news.algx.net!allegiance!news-out.spamkiller.net!propagator-la!news-in-la.newsfeeds.com!newsfeed.onecall.net!chcgil2-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Operating System Date: 29 Mar 2002 05:29:39 -0600 Organization: Berbee Information Networks Corporation Message-ID: References: <3C88E0D1.89161C16@despammed.com> <3C9514DD.9CF1F84A@san.rr.com> <99da9u0909rsblfdcc1ru7jd2r9q461qhk@4ax.com> <436o9uc7jg590rv5rb1l9v6be8vk49s278@4ax.com> In article , "Marin David Condic" writes: > "Larry Kilgallen" wrote in message > news:vEY3SfNlq6Uc@eisner.encompasserve.org... >> >> That is not an issue so long as your software is imperfect. >> Once they claim a refund they don't receive updates to the >> new better version. >> >> By "imperfect" here, I mean to include "lacking features" >> rather than just "containing defects". > > O.K. Maybe. But, for example, I'm running an old version of Microsoft Word > at home. I have no desire to upgrade it to the latest and greatest version > because it does what I want already. Also, I don't recall that Microsoft > offered to send me updates included in the purchase price of Word. If I want > an upgrade, I've got to pay for it. > > Hypothetically, I go to CompUSA and buy Word. Install it on my machine. > Return it claiming I'm not happy with it for some reason. (or lots of them! > :-) I get my money back and still have Word doing what I need it to do. A > later version of Word comes on the market and I do the same thing. I keep > getting the upgrades and keep returning them with the story "I was hoping > that *this* version would be better..." What stops that scenario? They can charge previous returners a higher price for the next version. Perhaps not in a CompUSA situation, but certainly when one buys directly from the producer. Those who get the second copy in the name of their father-in-law just to get around the system would just be "leakage", a common retail phenomenon.