Of course they don't know anything - all they'd care is to make sure they cover their behinds in terms of money. People like them derail US progress in... urr... "Gadgets" - just take a look at what they have in Japan and they put the US to shame. (HDTV isn't even widely available, yet they've had it for quite a long time)
I wish there are laws that protect the customer... splitting up a company doesn't really relieve this particular problem. It's disheartening to see that lawmakers are actually passing laws such as UCITA, without considering consumer rights.
I have a friend that owned a Compaq, which has been using "Recovery" CD's for years now. Last year he put in a SoundBlaster Live & a NIC into the computer. When he had to "Recover" his computer a few months later, the recovery wouldn't work. After wasting a day of his time, he had to call Compaq, who informed him that he had to take the SBLive and NIC out so the recovery can proceed.
This is absolutely insane. Software manufacturers "claim" that software help us make things happen (Create graphics, etc.) - this is anything but that.
Using the standard piracy excuse to further their own pocket-filling goals is nothing new; I'm actually surprised that nobody pointed out the fact that their piracy problems originate in the warehouses that mass-produce copies of software. They're going after the wrong group. >=( This only pushes _more_ people to get pirated copies of their software.
At this point I'm highly doubtful that the BSA has anything of value but to further the goals of its members, and their goal isn't going after piracy where it hurts - it's going after our wallets.
I'm surprised that we haven't heard from any consumer groups about this - yet.
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Of course they don't know anything - all they'd care is to make sure they cover their behinds in terms of money. People like them derail US progress in ... urr... "Gadgets" - just take a look at what they have in Japan and they put the US to shame. (HDTV isn't even widely available, yet they've had it for quite a long time)
I wish there are laws that protect the customer... splitting up a company doesn't really relieve this particular problem. It's disheartening to see that lawmakers are actually passing laws such as UCITA, without considering consumer rights.
I have a friend that owned a Compaq, which has been using "Recovery" CD's for years now. Last year he put in a SoundBlaster Live & a NIC into the computer. When he had to "Recover" his computer a few months later, the recovery wouldn't work. After wasting a day of his time, he had to call Compaq, who informed him that he had to take the SBLive and NIC out so the recovery can proceed.
This is absolutely insane. Software manufacturers "claim" that software help us make things happen (Create graphics, etc.) - this is anything but that.
Using the standard piracy excuse to further their own pocket-filling goals is nothing new; I'm actually surprised that nobody pointed out the fact that their piracy problems originate in the warehouses that mass-produce copies of software. They're going after the wrong group. >=( This only pushes _more_ people to get pirated copies of their software.
At this point I'm highly doubtful that the BSA has anything of value but to further the goals of its members, and their goal isn't going after piracy where it hurts - it's going after our wallets.
I'm surprised that we haven't heard from any consumer groups about this - yet.
*sigh*