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Simply put, this is anything that inputs data, processes it in some way, and outputs it.
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Computer - RipCurl wrote: "No Spam" wrote in message news:alsl4016flurppp8lqtep22sastrmsnii1@4ax.com...There is nothing here that is specific to RedHat or Fry's, as the samegoes for every other retailer & software company, they all share thesame basic policies regarding software returns. Otherwise, what prevents someone from copying the material and then returning it?There's a lot of truth to that. However, a more reasonable policy wouldbe to accept software returns, unless the person had returned over x$worth of software withing x amount of time to the same store chain, orone product, whichever is greater.A workable technical solution would be having a software key thatunlocks it, yet expires after x amount of time; if the user still ownsthe software, a simple URL click to their web site would allow them tore-enable the software using appropriate info contained withing themanual as confirmation that the software hadn't been returned. (Yesmanuals can be photocopied, but there Are similar ways of protectingsoftware from being copied illegally, thus allowing more reasonablereturn policies, especially for something like Linux, a freely availableOS, simply being distributed by Red Hat with a hefty fee.)No solution is ideal, but good luck to the companies attempting to sellsoftware without reasonable return policies. My advice to Linux usersis to download it online, as it's freely available; I simply wanted thelatest greatest version in a more conveniently available format.
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