MPPalmer(at)aol.com
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 Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:15 pm Post subject: Lycoming: So now we're "licensing" engines? |
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Yikes. What schmoozing! (Man, that was one LONG press release.)
When Microsoft became a big player in software, the joke going around was "What would it be like if GM sold cars the way Microsoft sells software?" Aside from the ubiquitous "crashing" jokes, you would agree that you could only use the car in certain way; that you wouldn't try to figure out how it worked or modify the car; that it's not really your car anyway and that, if anything goes wrong with "your" car, you can't sue GM. Your only remedy is to give the car back to GM.
I was disappointed to see this "licensing" model trickle down to material products when I bought parts from NewGlasair. We had to sign an agreement that the parts weren't really mine, that I would only use them in ways approved by NewGlasair, that I forfeit all legal remedies if the parts were bad, caused a crash, etc. Even if GlasairAviation came out with an improved Glasair that was 30 kts faster, I wouldn't buy it with a licensing agreement.
So now Lycoming is going this way with some of their Thunderbolt engines? You can only sell an engine with Lycoming's permission? So really, it's not your engine, it's Lycoming's. They're just letting you borrow it.
We gotta get some common sense back on property rights and personal responsibility. When I buy a hammer, it's my hammer. I can use it to nail as many nails as I want at my house or anyone else's. I can give it or sell it to anyone I choose or use it in ways never approved by its manufacturer. (As a weapon, for example, should a bad guy break into the house.)
So, no thanks Lycoming. I'll buy parts from Superior or ECi that are MY parts. (And I won't have to wade through a pile of stuff when dealing with them.)
BTW, if Lycoming is really interested in the Voice of the Customer, it might want to offer an 800 number for its Thunderbolt Manager.
Mike Palmer <><
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