One Aging Geek

Wednesday, November 19, 2003

The software companies and now apparently the woodworking industries are claiming the product is only licensed for my use and I do not own it,' mused another reader. 'So if I do not own it, who is responsible for disposal of the product when I no longer need or want it? I have a box of old Windows 3.1 software disks and manuals taking up space in my office as I try to figure out what to do with it. Since I do not own it and have only paid for the use of it, should not the responsibility and cost of its disposal belong to its owner, i.e. the software company? Maybe we can put together a grassroots movement to deliver all our old, no-longer-used software products back to the owners.'