Robert Rolf wrote:
> Uhhh, didn't he say in his original post that he HAD an Olimex
> programmer,

I don't know, as I most likely didn't read it.  The part about wanting
someone to steal a copy for him is what caught my eye.

> but that he'd toasted the bootloader by using the wrong firmware
> update?

So that gives him a license to steal?

> " I blindly assumed ...

Excatly.

> So he made a mistake and doesn't want to spend $30 for a new chip

Sure, I understand what he *wants* to do, but that's rather irrelevant.

> How is that STEALING $30 worth of software he supposedly already owned
> or licensed by buying the programmer?

So you're saying if I spill ink all over a book I bought, it gives me the
right to steal one to replace it?

> Nice to see in advance what kind of support one can expect from
> Olimex (Olin?).

This is the real recourse, and may be the leverage to get what he wants from
Olimex.


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