Re: Derek's Possible Licence Violations? was Re: Disadvantages of Delphi.NET

From: Captain Jake (johnjac76_at_comcast.net)
Date: 08/22/04 

Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 22:28:50 -0500

"Admiral Windbag" <admiral@windbag.net> wrote in message
news:412809c3@newsgroups.borland.com...
> "It seems reasonable to assume that he did not have a non-demo version of
D8
> on hand at this point, or he would have used that."
>
> and then there's this -
>
> "I think the assumption that Derek did not have his own licensed copy of
> Delphi 8 when he allegedly taught this course is quite reasonable, based
on
> his own statements."
>
> Now let me give you a little English lesson. When one makes an assumption,
> one asserts a claim or makes a statement as thought it's fact.

Nope. Stating that an assumption is reasonable is not stating it as though
it is fact. For example, I think it is reasonable to doubt the weather
forecast for the weather five days from now, but that is not the same as
saying that it is a fact that the forecast is wrong.

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