Lpc2000

Hi John,

Now that you have elaborated further on the subject I sympathise with your
view/approach on the matter better, however my "at first glance" deduction
identified several "contradictio in terminis".

1.    You dogmatically stated that WIN98 is a toyOS and that I should run
WIN2K,
       because it's reliable - yet, you then go on to say that you reserve
the right to
       use a crack because Windows might "lunch itself".
       I thought your OS was reliable and mine is a toy ? I don't grasp,
please clarify ?

2.    You stated that you don't buy unless you can get a crack, but also
stated that
       when people can "steal" SW they wouldn't buy it anyway. Now, how can
you
       check that the purchase you are considering has a crack ? Surely by
being able
       to "steal it"... hence you wouldn't buy it anyway. It doesn't make
sense
       Again I must be missing something.

Please don't take offence John, I tend to "level" with people :
My last line "your advice can't be too valued" referred to your WIN2K advice
:
It more conveyed like a blunt dogma stuffed down my throat, rather than
advice.
So I bluntly stated my dogma, that was all.

IOW I personally find that you don't invite respect when you stuff things
down people's
throat, but merely dismay.


Look at the funny side of it, it reminds me of my all time favourite sketch
:
"The 5 minute argument" of Monty Python :
(Eric Idle) ".... You're not arguing with me, you're just negating what I'm
saying !!!!..."
(John Cleese)  "... No I'm not ....."


I think I know what you mean by putting Intellectual property between
quotes.
I watched "Antitrust" again last night, and the movie makes me think about
these kind of things.
If you wish, I'm open to discuss the matter with you off-forum because it
seems like I have been
fortunate to not have suffered the scope of failures you have. I would
convey as ignorant I guess,
but it's more that I wasn't aware. (The Matrix : "Ignorance is bliss" what a
brilliant line )

Next thing, I'll be using more metaphores than you can poke a stick at..
OOPS there I did it again. :-)

All the best, Kris