You don't expect manufacturers to support your Ford when you have changed the ignition, run a different type of fuel, have added a turbocharger, put in an NO2 system, changed the seats and pimped it to a point where no one would recognise it.
If we kept the PC exactly as it was sold to you then maybe they would be able to offer a longer warranty, but we don't so they can't. My laptop is two weeks old, in that time, I have removed Norton, added AVG, added Office, Visual Studio, GNU Backgammon, Termlite, Ghostscript, Acrobat, changed hundreds of settings on a product that cost £900 with an OS that probably cost me less than £100. If I had the option to do so many changes on my car and Mercedes still had to support it with no ongoing maintenance revenue, you can be sure the cost would more than double, maybe triple as a one off cost. People won't pay ongoing service costs for an OS they want a one off cost, so the only way to maintain revenue and fund bug fixes etc. is to introduce new versions. $0.02 ::a -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Schummer Sent: 05 February 2007 21:03 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: [NF] OS Recalls, was: The Ultimate Vista Upgrade >>And since MS isn't going to be selling or supporting their legacy OSes any >>more, how are they going to do that?<< I warned you not to get me started on this. <g> We discussed this very issue after the DAFUG meeting a couple of months ago. I am not a fan of legislating every darn thing in our lives, but I am leaning more towards this one getting the governments involved. It is my believe that all operating systems are mission critical to almost every human being in some fashion, and like cars should be subject to recalls. There are laws to force auto manufacturers to supply car parts for a long time (I am not exactly sure of the length of time). There are laws regulating cars that have safety or engineering defects get recalled and fixed for free (consumers do not have to pay for the fix other than the loss of their car while the dealer makes the correction). I think the same type of rules can be applied to *all* operating systems. The operating system has bugs (engineering defects) that affect the safety of the users losing data and work product. The operating system obviously needs security patches (parts). I think the correlation between the two means companies like Microsoft, Apple, the Linux Open Source groups, IBM, DEC, etc. have a responsibility to their customers to support the operating systems we count on. ___________________________________________________________________ Associated Packaging is the trading name of Eurohill Traders Ltd. Registered in England and Wales : 1114987 VAT : GB210390611 Eurohill Labels Ltd Registered in England and Wales : 1372024 VAT : GB312955757 195 Vale Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1SU. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
