XPost: comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc   
   From: maarten@kittensandcats.net   
      
   "HubbleBubble"  wrote in message   
   news:1166175965.246498.66390@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups.com...   
      
   > [...] Neither should we as programmers in TP /BP continue to defend   
   > (free of charge) Borlands untennable position on their behalf since   
   > we no longer get any benefits such as support and upgrades that   
   > ownership of the product implies.   
      
   That's 'untenable', to start with.   
      
   The benefit in owning a license to a software product is not in   
   receiving support and upgrades. My boss sells maintenance packages   
   to people for exactly that. He sells them licenses to _use_ it in   
   the first place.   
      
   Borland developed Turbo Pascal in the past and legally, it owes us   
   nothing for having done so.   
      
   Groetjes,   
   Maarten Wiltink   
      
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