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 Yes, I think the EULA could stand some scrutiny as an anti-competitive practice, but now we are out of the RFP expertise and into an area of murky law. NAL either. We do business in Australia. We got into a big mess there over a services contract when an election put a different politic into action. It cost a lot to dig out. On the other hand, that bit about beaches would be really good if I were a younger guy. And the 'sheilas' are fantastic. I am personally a big fan of the Ozzies. Wish I could visit. Not likely. Ok, my monkieMind is emerging. Bad Zoot! Bad Zoot! In my world, efficient DTD/schemas, namespaces and so on will be a blessing of unbelievable proportions. Our big costs are in the implementation of customized systems over a COTS core. We are working toward XMLization as fast as resources and opportunities enable. Those who remember my posts from a few years ago know this is a seachange. But public safety is not an early adopter business, and there are those who believe signing up for unproven standards is commercial suicide. Others assert we need to get up front and push, but because we are RFP-driven, we are pushing a noodle, not a cart. And there are those on the customer side who believe security issues are not solved, and public safety is a very security minded business. But it is happening. That does not mean commitment to the browser model. It is one tool among others. XML doesn't care. We can get the benefits using the browser and other means. I think that proven practices such as wide spread use of DTDs, schemas, etc. reduce exposure to indemnity. XML can bring down the cost by reducing the exposure to locally-defined events where proof resides with local authorities. I think this is the sort of thing insurance companies should have explained to them. Note that it is tough to globalize XML schemas and practices. The local business rules within a country are tough; when going global, they get exponentially tougher. So that is a longer tick. len From: Rick Marshall [mailto:rjm@z...] On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 04:36, Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote: > To be fair to both sides of this one, > MSFT pointed out at the FoxPro Dev Con that any user running > FoxPro, or any components delivered with FoxPro, on a > non-Microsoft OS (they mentioned Linux in particular, but > not limited to) is in violation of the EULA (End User License Agreement) > they agreed to when they purchase the product. > not a lawyer, but i don't think the eula will stand up under very many trade practices laws. there's an implied restriction of trade. but it would be ok to not guarantee the product's performance on a non ms os. it's a bit like saying you can only buy this petrol if you are going to use it in a ford car. ms has threatened more than once to withdraw from australia over these issues - perhaps you could move your company here? weather and beaches aren't too bad either so to make it more relevant to some others... having discussed these issues to some extent and we have some knowledge of the issues - i get the feeling that in your world len, the publishing of namespaces, dtd's and shared business structures is a possible killer issue for widespread use of xml. whose responsible for errors and who carries the indemnity? rick 
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