Support for obsolete products

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_wco.com>
Date: Wed May 6 19:03:42 1998

On Wed, 6 May 1998, Tony Duell wrote:

> Well, I'm sure we all think that would be a Good Thing, but just try
> convincing companies of that.
>
> IMHO, somebody should pass a law that says 'If a company refuses to
> support a product, all documentation (schematics, sources, etc) should be
> made available to owners of said product (or anyone :-))'. And with stiff
> penalties for companies who loose documentation. It would be a lot more
> use than some of the silly laws we have these days.
>
> Alas none of us are in a position to pass laws...
>
> -tony

At least not with an attitude like that.

Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Don't blame me...I voted for Satan.

               Coming in September...Vintage Computer Festival 2.0
                   See http://www.siconic.com/vcf for details!
                        [Last web page update: 05/03/98]
Received on Wed May 06 1998 - 19:03:42 BST

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Fri Oct 10 2014 - 23:31:11 BST