Why should someone who designs or creates something not have the right to destroy it? If someone paints a picture, lots of people like it, but after time the artist decides he doesn't like it anymore (maybe because it represented something s/he now disagrees with), why can't they destroy it?
If a company writes a piece of software and over time it improves and then evolves into another product, why can't they 'destroy' the old version.
You mention the idea of being able to buy something long after it's heyday but so long as they don't have to pay large sums. What happens if the technology to reproduce the item no longer exists, it has been superceeded and to try and recreate the old item may sincerely cost a lot of money.
Just because you decide to no longer sell something, why should you lose the copyright to the works? What happens if in the future you decide to reinstate your idea?
At the end of the day, if you own the copyright, you own the item that was copyrighted. if you own the item, you can do with it what you like.
Strange. I didn't go to uni. My friends didn't go to uni. And all of us are on $150k+ per year in IT jobs after 5 years out of school which is how long you'd be at uni for for any decent degree anyway. Besides, during those first five years it was a mere $20k, then $35k, then $45k, $55k, $100k. Will it ever stop? Go figure.
Tonight I'm due to test out Skype with my boss, but what excites me more is using my bluetooth mobile phone hooked up to my PC where it is configured to pump all audio out of my mobile and receive all sounds via my mobile. So, I get to walk around and speak on a phone as normal.
Only downside is the distance limit of bluetooth. Now where was that article I read about extending bluetooth to well over 100 metres. Hmmm...
Ha! That's a laugh. Yeah I remember the days when AD came out. It had to be patched so many times before it could even fit the LDAP standard. Oh that's right, Microsoft thought it would change the 'top' object. Not to mention other things.
I personally am a Netscape/iPlanet/Sun ONE/Sun Java Station person. The only thing that peeves me is how often they change the name of the product.
I can't find your email address, so I'm hoping you get this. I'd like to know about the VB scripts you wrote in order to help you in the situation described by your post.
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Why should someone who designs or creates something not have the right to destroy it? If someone paints a picture, lots of people like it, but after time the artist decides he doesn't like it anymore (maybe because it represented something s/he now disagrees with), why can't they destroy it? If a company writes a piece of software and over time it improves and then evolves into another product, why can't they 'destroy' the old version. You mention the idea of being able to buy something long after it's heyday but so long as they don't have to pay large sums. What happens if the technology to reproduce the item no longer exists, it has been superceeded and to try and recreate the old item may sincerely cost a lot of money. Just because you decide to no longer sell something, why should you lose the copyright to the works? What happens if in the future you decide to reinstate your idea? At the end of the day, if you own the copyright, you own the item that was copyrighted. if you own the item, you can do with it what you like.
You obviously haven't seen Minority Report then!?
Strange. I didn't go to uni. My friends didn't go to uni. And all of us are on $150k+ per year in IT jobs after 5 years out of school which is how long you'd be at uni for for any decent degree anyway. Besides, during those first five years it was a mere $20k, then $35k, then $45k, $55k, $100k. Will it ever stop? Go figure.
Tonight I'm due to test out Skype with my boss, but what excites me more is using my bluetooth mobile phone hooked up to my PC where it is configured to pump all audio out of my mobile and receive all sounds via my mobile. So, I get to walk around and speak on a phone as normal.
Only downside is the distance limit of bluetooth. Now where was that article I read about extending bluetooth to well over 100 metres. Hmmm...
Ha! That's a laugh. Yeah I remember the days when AD came out. It had to be patched so many times before it could even fit the LDAP standard. Oh that's right, Microsoft thought it would change the 'top' object. Not to mention other things.
I personally am a Netscape/iPlanet/Sun ONE/Sun Java Station person. The only thing that peeves me is how often they change the name of the product.
Give me Sun anyday over Microsoft!
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I can't find your email address, so I'm hoping you get this. I'd like to know about the VB scripts you wrote in order to help you in the situation described by your post.
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