Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 03:28:30 GMT
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From: "K. Beckman" <102146.2003@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Subject: Re: NEED: SAS 6.08 Date CRACK utility.. Do you have??
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Dear Dr. Whittington:
On Wed, 14 May 1997 23:49:45 +0100, John Whittington
<johnw@MAG-NET.CO.UK> wrote:
>>On Wed, 14 May 1997, Jack Hamilton <Jack_Hamilton@HCCOMPARE.COM> wrote:
>>
>>>His illegal usage of SAS would drive up prices only if:
>>>a) He would otherwise have licensed it, or
>>>b) He uses Tech Support.
>>>If he can't find a date cracker, and buys a copy of SPSS instead, the
>>>effect on SAS's revenue is exactly the same. That would also, in some
>>>sense, drive up the price of SAS, but no one would call it theft. SI
>>>is a victim, but we're not consequently victims. <,
>>
>>Indeed, if he would not otherwise have licensed it, then even SI is not a
>>victim in any real sense. However, this is a pretty dangerous argument, and
>>a classic one produced by software pirates and those perpetuating other
>>frauds - I've frequently heard it used in relation to travelling on public
>>transport without a ticket ("the bus/train/plane was travelling, anyway, and
>>the incremental running cost of an extra passenger is negligible")
>>
>>... the problem, of course, arises, when lots of people take the same
>> approach!!
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>John
>>
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I don't believe the originator of this thread, Mr. "Bill :41Y Kim",
ever indicated what originally caused his problem. If he feels he has
been unfairly used then let him come forward and explain his
situation.
If some key files of the SAS System have been corrupted then his local
SAS Administrator should be able to him re-install. Or, hopefully, he
has a backup. If he has reset his system date to some time in the
future he might try the undocumented $MMFIX 168 option. This goes in
the config.sas and allows SAS to access files with date stamps 168
hours (7 days) in the future. A co-worker once used this after
resetting the system date to test some scheduling program he was
writing and had no further problem.
I agree with Dr. Whittington that these popular revisionist arguments
justifying criminal acts are dangerous and I have always found them
very disturbing.
No amount of mental gymnastics can change the fact that the use of
patented or copyright material, whether it be a piece of music,
literature, manufacturing process, or software, without paying the
appropriate license fee or securing a release from the publisher is
theft. And theft is, as we all know, morally wrong -- as well as
being quite un-ethical and very unattractive to prospective employers.
Someone would have to be very foolish to steal from the people that
provide him with the tools of his trade. Anyone who would do this
should remember that he is, like all of us, essentially a tick bird of
the broad back of SAS. He should take care not to annoy his host lest
it twitch its tail and flick him off!
Sincerely
Kurt D. Beckman
SAS Consultant
553 N. Pacific Coast Hwy, Suite B288
Redondo Beach, California 90277
Voice: 310-318-5291
Fax: 310-318-6220
Cellular: 310-486-4447
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