IanC your not getting what the thrust of this bill is about. The auto world has had scanners for 25 years or more now. You or I can legally by a tool to read the codes on our cars. Now try and do that with a John Deere tractor that has throw a code. We are not talking about the base codes/programs.
Here is an example. We have two JD 8330 tractors. One of them had a engine sensor fail. No problem just buy a new sensor. Well yes it is a problem. When you install the sensor you have to have JD come out and "match" it to the tractor so it will work. That is the problem. If that was a car I could buy the program to match the sensor.
Another thing that they are doing is stopping to support prior computer systems/programs. They say it is because there is not enough demand for it. BS!!!!! They try to force you to buy new. So far they are about 20 years out. I know that there are boards/modules on the 9400/9500 combines that are no longer available through JD and not one else can fix/build them because JD sets on the original programing so here is no after market parts.
I say make the original programs be like patents. JD gets them exclusively for a set period. After that they should have to released/sell them to others. Make it ten years or some thing but do not them obsolete relatively new equipment just because they can.
This trend of saying that we do not OWN our equipment and the base programs is BS!!!!!! JD and Microsoft have been getting away with it for now. I say BUST them both in the chops with some ANTI-TRUST rulings and then see if they want to play ball.
I bought an Microsoft Office program years ago. It did all I ever needed in that type of work. Now that program will not work in any of the newer computers. They will LEASE the right to use their NEW program for a year at a time. HECK NO!!!!!! I just quit using it totally. I went back to some paper records and use open sourced programs for what little else I need. I will NEVER give Microsoft another DIME OF my money willingly. John Deere is close to getting me to feel the same.
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