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>>"Standard business practise"...really???
>>What other business practises this?... Does Kodak insist that only KODAK film be used in its cameras?... Does General Motors insist that only GM parts be used in their cars?... Does DELL insist that only Windows be run on their PCs?... Does Random House insist that only a Random House produced bookmark be used with its books?... Does Hewlett Packard insist that only HP cartridges be used in its printers?
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>Hi Jim,
>HP services refuse to repair printer, if you use cartridges of other firms.
>It doesn't matter that it is still in 1 year warrantee

Still (it may be different here than in Bulgaria, by the way) they do not INSIST that you only use HP cartridges, nor do they insist that you use a unique printer for each report you want to print or...

If I was to run VFP on Linux I wouldn't expect MS to support it, even if I paid for the license to run the runtimes on Linux.
Hmmmm, that might be one way to get this turned around... if I pay for a license maybe I should have the right to expect support from MS.