EULA insanity in mainstream media

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I noted a thread in the Tektronix forum re ~ what to do about no-longer supported equipment, content of EPROMs and the like. Eventually someone got around to stuff like the language in Beast-EULAs and similar absurdities. I left a link to a lampoon of the matter, so they might draw their own conclusions re umm agonizing to excess? ie load the sucker with known good code: it's fucking 15+ years out of production and the particular mfg. almost but-not-quite-Officially .. Doesn't Care!

I doubt that the general public however, spends more than a few seconds contemplating the trend and the implications; as with every other creeping corporatism: they will wait for others to bail out their sorry bemused asses. Leaves more time for shopping.

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who hopes that the onslaught of sophisticated Spy-crap like 'headless' VX2? becomes a Deluge, opening up At Last, via even 'public' clamor - liability awards against the Shoddiest Crap ever marketed in such quantities.

Post #198,459 by pwhysall 3/14/05 9:07:02 AM Reply	EULA insanity in mainstream media Perhaps the message that these licences are unacceptable is starting to get out? [link\|http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4347325.stm\|http://news.bbc.co.u...ology/4347325.stm] Peter [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu Linux] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #198,477 by drewk 3/14/05 11:06:29 AM Reply	Whaddaya mean "mainstream"? It's not even in the .com domain === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #198,501 by SpiceWare 3/14/05 11:38:31 AM Reply	IrLRPD (new thread) Created as new thread #198500 titled [link\|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=198500\|IrLRPD] Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass\|Artistic Overpass]\n[link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #198,698 by Ashton 3/15/05 2:22:26 AM Reply	Getting to 'general electronics' anyway I noted a thread in the Tektronix forum re ~ what to do about no-longer supported equipment, content of EPROMs and the like. Eventually someone got around to stuff like the language in Beast-EULAs and similar absurdities. I left a link to a lampoon of the matter, so they might draw their own conclusions re umm agonizing to excess? ie load the sucker with known good code: it's fucking 15+ years out of production and the particular mfg. almost but-not-quite-Officially .. Doesn't Care! I doubt that the general public however, spends more than a few seconds contemplating the trend and the implications; as with every other creeping corporatism: they will wait for others to bail out their sorry bemused asses. Leaves more time for shopping. moi, who hopes that the onslaught of sophisticated Spy-crap like 'headless' VX2? becomes a Deluge, opening up At Last, via even 'public' clamor - liability awards against the Shoddiest Crap ever marketed in such quantities.

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