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Re: [cobalt-users] Support, Warranty and Hype
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Support, Warranty and Hype
- From: flash22@xxxxxxx
- Date: Wed Jan 2 13:50:53 2002
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Bruce Timberlake wrote:
>
> Paragraph 1 of the License Agreement states (original is all in caps):
>
> "By powering on this product, you (the entity to which the enclosed
> Software programs are supplied) are agreeing to be bound [...]
So , basicly, if you can figure out how to install software on it without
actually turning it on, you are all set :P
Silliness aside, i still think sun is missing the 'big opportunity' here,
a well supported, open platform machine, with product divisions dictated
by hardware capability rather than artificial software limitations,
would seem to me to be a much more valuable commodity....sigh
Not to mention a heck of a lot easier to keep up to date...
gsh