[OT] EULA and legality

[Kay C Lan]

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Roger Eller
<roger.e.eller at sealedair.com>wrote:

> There are car stereos that have a record button just like the cassette
> recorders of the past.  Is it dishonest to press record and get a
> less-than-perfect mp3 recording that is perfectly acceptable to the
> listener (for free)?  I don't think so.
>

Just as dishonest as sitting down in a cinema and pressing record on your
camcorder.

As for less than perfect, in today's age of Digital broadcasters the
version you get is a whole heap better than when it was done with a
cassette recorder. And it was dishonest back then.

Similarly, there is nothing wrong with Apple (as a business) charging a
> higher price for their OS for use on non-Apple hardware.  I would gladly
> pay Windows prices, but for the increased cost, I would expect *some* level
> of support.
>

Oh right, the people that currently disregard the EULA are going to pop
over to the Apple Store and when presented with two buttons, one marked
$19.99 and the other $219.99* they are going to fork over the extra $200
because these are the kind of people happy to pay a premium for their
hardware and software when they know the $19.99 version will run just the
same. Sorry, I don't think you have a chance of convincing Apple of that
business model.

Actually the Windows Store says Ultimate 'starts at $219.99' so I don't
know it may be even more expensive if you include some of the features like
'sharing photos and music' and 'creating a home network' and 'added
security'. How novel.