On 04/07/98 10:02:27, [log in to unmask] (David Evans) wrote:
>Does anyone else think the automatic disabling of the eBNF at the end
>of your subscription year is unfair? We all get the paper BNFs and
>MIMS (which cannot be disabled), so we have other sources to tell us
>which drugs have been withdrawn etc. Shouldn't it be up to our
>judgement to decide whether to continue using an out of date
>electronic edition?
That would be feasible if you actually *owned* the software. The fact
is that you don't. You have a *license* to use it. What you pay for
every quarter or whatever is a sort of 'support'.
The same applies, by the way, to your clinical system. I found that
out when I asked VampReuter recently to stop supporting the system (too
expensive). Their reply was that in order to do that, they'll have to
remove the software from the computer!
>It's a shame we are asked to pay for the electronic edition at all,
>when the government is happy to pay for the paper edition.
I am not sure if the government does.
Ahmad
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