Referring to "Bulgaria" as "Vulgaria" is another example of totally
unnecessary name calling. 

I've set Olin's moderated flag. All posts from that address will be delayed
and moderated, then rejected or passed on to the list if they are not
inflammatory.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu 
> [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Olin Lathrop
> Sent: 2007 Jun 18, Mon 14:48
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: [PIC] MCP-USB Programmer Firmware
> 
> Peter Todd wrote:
> > He has a peice of hardware, that allows the customer to 
> accidentally 
> > destroy it through a series of commands that really 
> shouldn't be able 
> > to do that.
> 
> But that doesn't give him the right to steal.  A better 
> course of action would be to demand a refund for returning 
> the product, although Olimex isn't obligated to to do that 
> either unless it was specified in the purchase agreement or 
> perhaps by consumer product laws in Outer Vulgaria or 
> wherever Olimex is.
> 
> > He wants to fix that peice of hardware, himself, by rewriting the 
> > flash chip that allowed itself to be rewritten with no 
> option of going 
> > back.
> 
> But wanting to do something doesn't make it legal or right.
> 
> If he really wants to solve this problem, he needs to 
> convince Olimex it's in their best interest to fix it for 
> him.  They've obviously decided that giving out the binary 
> publicly isn't worth it.  If in the end he can't get 
> satisfaction then the best he can do is chalk it up to a 
> learning experience and warn others away from the 
> manufacturer and its product.
> 
> 
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