27 Jun
2001
27 Jun
'01
10:01 p.m.
In article <3B3A6926.89042516@army-of-one.org>, John Doe #N <jd@army-of-one.org> wrote:
[1] An OEM may not be always be able to void a warrantee for objectively bogus reasons, e.g., a car manufacturer probably couldn't get away with dropping a drive-train warrantee because you used generic oil that fullfilled published specs.
Well, manufacturers certainly behave this egregiously today; Ross Anderson's new book (I believe it was) tells of great things like printers checking the model of toner catridge installed, and automatically degrading the image if a 3rd-party cartridge is being used. - Ian