Not quite analaguous Soulhuntre. Automanufacturers and a number of others are required to provide support for older models and older technology [for lack of a better term] for at least ten years. Computer and software manufacturers seem to be exempt on this. There's no reason why you shouldn't still be able to buy a replacement older EIDE drive, or ATA-33 drive if you need one - a lot of perfectly good older systems out there that you just flat can't find a replacement drive for, and the BIOS won't upgrade to the newer tech. It's forced obsolesence. Software IS analogous: AutoCad 2002 doesn't offer any significant upgrade to AutoCad 2001 or ACad 2000, but architectural companies will be forced to upgrade to it because of lack of support past a certain period for older versions. Same with other software: there are a lot of people perfectly happy with Win98SE or Win2k that aren't going to care for XP. There's a lot of people who aren't going to care much for the built in security holes, or the need to patch them to reduce system vulnerability. And you misread the statement: sure, there's always been a pretty good black market in all software. This is still going to boost it over previous levels. You don't have to believe me on that one... you can head out on the web and do your own research. The number of copies out there will boom.

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