Re: Look for second hand licences for Toad 7.2.0.0 and PowerAMC 8.0.1.2.7.5

damorgan wrote:

> I would have given him the benefit of the doubt if he had asked to PURCHASE a license
> that was owned by another company and was no longer needed. He asked for an "old"
> license like somehow when a company upgraded to a newer version the old license was null
> and void and could just be given away or sold (they can not be).
>
> As his English skills were excellent I assumed he knew what he was saying and his
> subsequent responses indicated he knew perfectly well what the situation was ... he went
> straight for rationalizing. Had his English skills not been good I would have been far
> more likely to suspect poor wording in an unfamiliar language. (so I take his use of
> excellent English in the opposite way from you).
>
> Do the independent research for yourself if you wish. I have been involved in numerous
> negotiations with Oracle and worked with corporate attorneys to understand the
> implications of software licensing contracts. One can safely assume neither Larry, nor
> Bill, considers software development a charity.
>
> Daniel Morgan

While I agree that neither Larry nor Bill considers software development a charity, I don't agree that neither one will lie to you about what they're allowed to do. Received on Fri Feb 22 2002 - 18:25:14 CET