| From: | Neil Bothwick |
| Date: | 17 Aug 2000 at 08:57:29 |
| Subject: | Re: Amiga Piracy |
On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Andy Wanless wrote:
> On 17 Aug 2000, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> >
> > > What if it dies while still under warranty?
> >
> > You insist that the replacement machine is given the same serial number.
> > Otherwise it's not a compatible replacement.
>
> I can see some interesting legal shennanigans happening if anyone ever
> tried to claim that. I don't even want to think about the chance of
> getting the same serial number.
If the serial nmber is stored in PROM, it's simply a matter of the repair
department having a few motherboards with unprogrammed PROMs.
> And in the case where you can't use the old one because it
> died/exploded/was stolen?
I'd be more concerened about replacing a £500 paslmtop and the data it
contained. Unless it was insured, in which case I'd include the cost of
replacement software in the claim.
> Looks like it's about as far from perfect as,
> erm, oh, <insert something amusing here>
So why is it still in use after several years? If it was such a bad solution,
peopel wouldn`t be buying software that used this system and the newsgroups
would be full of complaints about it.
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