On 12/2/02 6:42 PM, "Jim Henry" <fyr at whoever.com> wrote: >> At 12:10 PM -0500 12/2/02, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: >> This doesn't affect me now, but what will happen when I buy a machine > that only runs X? > > You will have to spend more money to buy programs that will run on OS > X--What else? No, you don't have to. > Lately, this idea of constantly spending money to keep up with > computers seems maddening. Not to mention that we have to pay for > shareware to make OS X like OS 9 Again - no, you don't *have* to. You *want* to. Big difference. > Plus you are expected to be "ethical" and not copy your brothers or > friends software and to boot, only use it on one computer? It has nothing to do with ethics and everything to do with the law. Shawn King On this week's YML: Mark Greco, Pamela Pfiffner, Virtix.com, Holiday Gift Guide & Expo Special Report! http://www.yourmaclife.com