win95/98/ME and printers. An ethics issue comparable to DRM servers or not?

Monty J. Harder mjharder at gmail.com
Mon Jul 28 22:23:03 CDT 2008


On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 7:48 PM, Christofer C. Bell <
christofer.c.bell at gmail.com> wrote:


> While I'm not sure what you're saying from your post (which doesn't make
> much sense to me), you seem to be speculating that  dropping support for EOL
> software is equivalent to locking up digital media in DRM.
>

"dropping support" is not even remotely the same as "withdrawing drivers and
asserting that it is illegal for those who happen to have a copy to share
with those who need them".
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