> Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 23:34:20 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Thomas Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Down with windows
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I read about an anti-piracy plan by MS to require registration that would allow
> a Windows copy to run on only one computer. This was also for MS Office. Have
> the pirates found a way around the copy protection?
>
Hi Tom
I believe that Microsoft deliberarely lets piracy loose in some markets
so that they keep using Microsoft products, so they keep a strangehold
of such markets. They could have easily implemented registration at the time
W98 started with automatic update through internet. If everybody here
had to pay U$ 250 or so for Windows, I am sure a lot of people would
go for Linux , DOS or something else. But if we are using Windows now
it seems reasonable to expect that we will keep using Windows in the
future.
Regards
Luis A. Loeff
