That's easy and you don't have to be insulted. Just don't sign the agreement and buy another product.

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From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Dave VanHorn
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 20:21
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.; Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: RE: [OT]:HP 6000 scopes with crippleware....

At 01:08 PM 6/14/2005, Lindy Mayfield wrote:
>Ok, I'll bite.  I agree.  If you signed an agreement with the bike 
>lessee that you accepted the brakes as is, and that if you wanted to 
>go faster you'd purchase a brake fix upgrade.
>
>How is this different from cracking serial numbers for software licenses?
>
>I can't believe I'm on this side of this argument! (-:


I can't really put it into words very well, but I feel there is a 
fundamental difference when I buy a "thing", even when it contains 
embedded firmware.

When I buy a hammer, I don't have to get anyone's permission to use 
it to pound larger nails, or to pound nails faster, or to poke holes 
in drywall.  I don't have to get permission to modify the hammer to 
better suit my needs, and it dosen't come with a cover over the nail 
puller requesting an additional fee for that.

How would we feel with the vertical sensitivity locked off below 
100mV/div without entering a credit card number, or timebase below 
100uS/div similarly locked out?

A friend recently rented a u-haul truck.  Inside the truck, we 
discovered a dolly and blankets, " secured" with zip-ties.
IMHO, he rented an EMPTY truck, and U-haul had no business putting 
this stuff in there, taking up space, and being in the way.
They didn't say anything about this when the rental was agreed to.
A similar, but different abuse of the relationship.


When you put the hardware in the box I'm buying, and then tell me I 
can't use it, that's annoying, and insulting.
You're telling me also that the cost of the hardware, which the 
probable vast majority that won't activate, is folded into my fee, so 
I'm paying for that as well, in the "upgrade".


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