Jesus Christ, why don't you come save my life now? Open my eyes, blind me with your lies now. - mjk.
That may be misquoted, I can't make out if it's light or lies. Anyhoo, hey look! I got me own O/T thread! Let me start by saying
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Okay, now that's off my chest. Dayum.. so, what do you wanna talk about? Oh hey, how about Microsoft. Here's basically my thoughts on everything.
a) Product Activation in Windows XP - Yeah it's a.. how you say, annoyance at best. I don't see it as unlawful in anyway, nor is it an invasion of privacy. You can blither and blather all you want about how Windows should be free, or call Microsoft "Micro$oft". They're a friggin corporation in a capitalist society. What do you want? They have every right to ensure that you are paying for their goods. As for the activation being disabled when you change your hardware much, this will be refined, and it's as easy as making a simple toll-free phone call (or maybe it can even be done over the net) to get it re-activated. Yes, Windows is expensive.. I agree it costs too much. For us Canadian customers, if you want to buy Windows XP Professional (don't get the "home" edition, it's not worth it) you're gonna be shelling out at least $450 + tax, seeing as it's going to be $299 USD. But, can you blame them for being so expensive? Windows is easily the most pirated software in the world. Out of every 1,000 computers running Windows, I'd be willing to bet at most 300 of them actually paid in accordance to the license agreement.
Anyways, back to the privacy issue. When you activate Windows XP, it only needs one bit of info from you. An email address.. actually that might not be right, but of all the info you *can* enter, only one field is required. Furthermore, I think thattt...
HEY, LOOK! A BLUE CAR!!!!! teeheehee!
That may be misquoted, I can't make out if it's light or lies. Anyhoo, hey look! I got me own O/T thread! Let me start by saying
1337 1337 1337 1337 1337 1337 1337 1337 1337 1337 1337 1337
Okay, now that's off my chest. Dayum.. so, what do you wanna talk about? Oh hey, how about Microsoft. Here's basically my thoughts on everything.
a) Product Activation in Windows XP - Yeah it's a.. how you say, annoyance at best. I don't see it as unlawful in anyway, nor is it an invasion of privacy. You can blither and blather all you want about how Windows should be free, or call Microsoft "Micro$oft". They're a friggin corporation in a capitalist society. What do you want? They have every right to ensure that you are paying for their goods. As for the activation being disabled when you change your hardware much, this will be refined, and it's as easy as making a simple toll-free phone call (or maybe it can even be done over the net) to get it re-activated. Yes, Windows is expensive.. I agree it costs too much. For us Canadian customers, if you want to buy Windows XP Professional (don't get the "home" edition, it's not worth it) you're gonna be shelling out at least $450 + tax, seeing as it's going to be $299 USD. But, can you blame them for being so expensive? Windows is easily the most pirated software in the world. Out of every 1,000 computers running Windows, I'd be willing to bet at most 300 of them actually paid in accordance to the license agreement.
Anyways, back to the privacy issue. When you activate Windows XP, it only needs one bit of info from you. An email address.. actually that might not be right, but of all the info you *can* enter, only one field is required. Furthermore, I think thattt...
HEY, LOOK! A BLUE CAR!!!!! teeheehee!