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Symantec Only Have Themselves to Blame[ Parent ] (none / 0) (#14)
by Anonymous User on Sat Aug 21, 2004 at 10:02:29 PM PDT

Why blame the poster? He had a legitimate reason to use this workaround, and was instructed to do so by a Symantec rep. In posting it here he might aid others having the same problem, who are suffering due to Symantec's poor consumer relations. It's up to the people who read his post as to whether or not to use it appropriately.

And lets not get to preachy about business users vs. home users. A lot of companies fudge on licensing, and they have little excuse. If you're using software at your place of work, in order to help your productivity etc (in other words, you're using it to MAKE A PROFIT), you should damn well be paying for it. Even if the percentages are uneven, unlicensed software in a business setting is a FAR greater problem.

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