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05/28/05 14:56
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however the postulate above was that it is "morally wrong" not to give it away and that is total crap.

That wasn't my point. My point was "not to make it available in any way" is morally wrong.

It is, however, not reasonable to expect suppliers to support stuff for eternity.
In the meaning of "support" as "warranty", "replacement parts", "updates", "hotline" - I agree. But removing old drivers from the directory of your FTP site, making old datasheets unavailable, threatening to sue whoever attempts to post a mirror of the drivers site, it's a different matter. Keeping these things available woudln't cost much. A megabyte of diskspace, 20 megabytes yerarly of transfer extra, 3 seconds more during a backup... But "that product is obsolete, so let's wipe all the traces we ever had anything in common with it"? I don't quite understand it. Are they ashamed they made it, or what?

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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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