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05/23/05 16:12
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 		 #93766 - There are times
Responding to: ???'s previous message
"Just because a software package is an old version does that make it legal to promote its use without license?"

Maybe not, but consider this scenario:

Software company X sells an OS for many years. Your company Y depelops a lot of software that runs on that OS. This software is not a profit centre in itself, but is a vital component in a large system.

One day, company X stops selling the OS. Your company would happily pay 10 times what they have been paying for each copy, but company X couldn't give a ****. They refuse to sell any more copies.

Redevelopment of the software is the only option, but it was all written years ago by 'clever' programmers who are long gone. Redevelopment is the only option but the time required will kill the company.

What would you do then?


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[OT]To DOS OrCADians            01/01/70 00:00      
   Just Becasue,,,? ? ? ? ?            01/01/70 00:00      
      Possibly            01/01/70 00:00      
         Possibly            01/01/70 00:00      
      Just because, ...?            01/01/70 00:00      
         Thanks,.....But...            01/01/70 00:00      
            US copyright <> UK copyright            01/01/70 00:00      
            Right v Legal            01/01/70 00:00      
               Interesting            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Myths & Misunderstandings            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Rights vs ownership.            01/01/70 00:00      
            Law vs justice...            01/01/70 00:00      
               freeloaders            01/01/70 00:00      
                  !freeloaders            01/01/70 00:00      
                     more so...            01/01/70 00:00      
                        it is not engineering, it's business            01/01/70 00:00      
                           re            01/01/70 00:00      
                              If it's mine, I can do what I want to            01/01/70 00:00      
                                  If it's mine, I can do what I want to            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    it is called "corporate survival"            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    need vs desire            01/01/70 00:00      
                     making all shoes on the same last            01/01/70 00:00      
               Justice?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Answer is wrong?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Answer is right            01/01/70 00:00      
                     score answer is wrong - my guess            01/01/70 00:00      
                        relative perspectives            01/01/70 00:00      
                           geographically            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Assertions            01/01/70 00:00      
         copyright vs trademark            01/01/70 00:00      
            not here            01/01/70 00:00      
               Correction            01/01/70 00:00      
      There are times            01/01/70 00:00      
         same question            01/01/70 00:00      
            Different situation            01/01/70 00:00      
               that is on topic            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Not for this thread            01/01/70 00:00      
         Exactly my situation...?            01/01/70 00:00      
            Borland stinks            01/01/70 00:00      
               Open source            01/01/70 00:00      
   simple solution            01/01/70 00:00      
      old, pre-Windows OrCAD            01/01/70 00:00      
   BTW... any OrCADians here, after all?//            01/01/70 00:00      
      any OrCADians here, after all - yes            01/01/70 00:00      
         DOS OrCAD was 'obsoletified' on purpose            01/01/70 00:00      
            not so            01/01/70 00:00      
               Why it's gone ......            01/01/70 00:00      
                  A political decision            01/01/70 00:00      
                     A truth            01/01/70 00:00      
      Here!            01/01/70 00:00      
         Hi there!            01/01/70 00:00      
            Collars and cuffs            01/01/70 00:00      
               243            01/01/70 00:00      
                  243            01/01/70 00:00      
                     [OT]Jo            01/01/70 00:00      

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