I can agree with the problem not being with the OS to a certain
extent, but having a problem with mis- or un-served activation
keys is only an issue if your product needs them in the first place.
Windows needs them, OS X doesn't. Don't ascribe this to
hardware lock-in either, my old desktop ran the first five versions
of OS X and I don't think any of them asked for product activation.
I don't understand why they are serving activation keys for
Windows 7 beta if they are completely unnecessary. Is
there some kind of grace period before you need to enter in
the key, or are the keys solely for the purpose of testing an
inoperative activation system? Google was not my friend
here.
Also, if you want to compare MS to Apple, the proper comparison is
OS vs OS.
Not if the problem isn't in the OS, which it wasn't. The problem had
nothing
to do with Windows whatsoever. It was in the servers delivering keys
to the
beta testers.
Not to mention that you don't need the key anyway, so the whole
thing is
just Tom making noise.
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