[AJD] JD Manual scans on CD

[Tommy]

Ron,
         Here, Here!!! I'm with you!!!!!!!!.........Tommy

At 12:34 PM 3/5/05 -0600, you wrote:
>I think Deere's pricing has caused it.  Somehow it seems to always end up 
>that the big buck people get the best no matter what the hobby is because 
>they can afford it.  Deere no longer caters to the masses.  They want the 
>doctors, lawyers, and indian chiefs with expo class stuff.  My personal 
>tastes are against that "expo" class.  I just can't see a "wet look, 
>chrome stacked, armor-all tires" tractor making sense and really do not 
>like them.  I have watched people trying to start their beautiful open 
>fan-shafted Model A and it was apparent they had never been involved with 
>any kind of engine, let alone a tractor.  They just paid for a trophey 
>winning restoration.  Made me bust out laughing.  I am not trying to 
>insult anyone here.  Just stating my opinion.  However, I am probably a 
>minority.  The "working class" tractors probably do not cost as much to 
>end up with.  It is just economics. To me, buying a CD copy for cheap is 
>not much different than borrowing someone's manual to use and probably 
>better than IT manuals.  I do prefer Deere's paper manuals and original if 
>I can get them but really see nothing wrong with offering a 
>substitute.  It will not be as good a quality and will seek its own level 
>and trying to work from some thing stored on a computer will for sure 
>drive you nuts.
>
>Ron Cook
>Salix, IA
>
>Dean VP wrote:
>
>>Well, I wondered how long it was going to take before someone tried this.
>>Seller on eBay has scanned JD's Paper manuals and is now selling them on
>>eBay. Seller has 4 different scanned CD's on now.
>>Look at eBay auction:  3879451357
>>Then click on "All Items for sale by this seller"
>>I have mixed emotions about this. At one time I was told that JD's paper
>>manuals are not copyrighted. If that is true then I see no reason why this
>>is illegal unless JD already has the same manual on CD this is copyrighted.
>>But..... JD still sells these CD versions of the paper manuals on a custom
>>basis.  I've not purchased one of the current custom CD's from JD so I don't
>>know if their custom CD's are copyrighted or not.
>>I have mixed emotions about this practice. Something tells me it is
>>unethical and maybe even illegal. But JD sure has created a price umbrella
>>to entice this underground cottage industry.
>>What do you guys think?
>>Dean A. Van Peursem
>>Snohomish, WA 98290
>>I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
>>storeroom door
>>www.deerelegacy.com
>>http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm
>
>
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Tommy Wilson
Hattiesburg, MS
1950 IH H
1951 JD B
1952 IH SC