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Date:	Thu, 12 Jul 2001 14:58:03 PDT
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: July Mr. KIA column

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In <3B4DFDF2.AEEDC5B0@pacbell.net>, on 07/12/01
at 11:40 AM, "J. R. Fox" said:

>It had been my impression that a revolutionary feature of the ECS (GA)
>would be that one could make a bootable ECS CD that was _fully
>customized_ with one's own warp (icons, Desktop layout, wallpaper -- the

TTBOMK, you impression is incorrect. It's a licensing issue. The demo
CD's you can create will have limited content.

>to be envious. But now you're telling me this ain't true ?? Or does
>this apply only to the ISV Custom CDs, not available to mere mortals ?
>Please clarify.

All the ISV's I know are mere mortals. You can always ask Bob St. John to
clarify your impression.

>feature mentioned above, it was also my impression that the bootable
>_Custom_ CD one could make would have huge implications regarding system
>restoration, in the event of some disaster.

You can make bootable CD's that will assist with this. This is something
I mentioned in my article. If you have ideas for how this should work,
you should post your thoughts on the eCS list.

Steven

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