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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Michael Do who wrote (47484)	7/4/2000 1:35:12 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

"No you can not sell the EEPROM with GM , FORD, Chrysler ... code on it. It is their intellecture property, obviously if you wipe the EEPROM then you can do whatever you want with it." I'm not convinced. Are you saying if I want to sell a book I have to erase all the writing in it first and just sell the blank paper?

To: Michael Do who wrote (47484)	7/4/2000 4:22:24 PM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

When I last bought software, the box came with a license agreement spelling out the terms of my purchase. If I didn't wish to be bound by the terms of the agreement, I could return the package for a refund. The license clearly stated that I was purchasing the right to use the software; hence, I now own a 'right of use' only. The last car I bought did not come accompanied with any contracts prohibiting me from selling the car as a whole or in pieces. (I was required to agree not to export the car for one year.) I consider the entire car as my property. So, it probably depends on the terms of the agreement between the purchaser and the supplier of not only cars and software, but most other things too. Cheers, PW. P.S. A news item indicated that Bill Gates'() 959 wasn't certified because it wasn't crash tested --- too expensive for the expected quantity of U.S. imports. () Slippery way to keep the post on topic.