On 1999-05-22 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <Travis Siegel> said:
>On Mon, 17 May 1999, Jerry J. Haumberger wrote:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Actually, I *didn't* write the comments you've quoted below, and I don't
recall the name of the man who wrote them... but I will add a few remarks of
my own. ;-)
>> >..................The reason we don't use shareware
>> >at work (a Gov't Lab) is that we are only allowed to use
>> >software that is legally paid for, and we haven't figured out
>> >any way to pay for shareware (yet).
>What do you mean here? I have several shareware products here that
>I have legally paid for. {commo}, shez, list, arj, several bbs
>utilities, and a few bbsdoor programs as well. I've got
>registration codes for them all, with receipts that say they belong
>to me. How more legal do you need?
I think our friend just means (without accurately phrasing his explanation,
perhaps) that the government has certain protocols in their purchase of
software for research purposes, which may restrict their usage to
"mainstream", commercial software; "shareware" may be considered too
insecure for their particular government research.
Jerry
Internet Montana
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