Re: [H] MS gets serious about activation

[Anthony Q. Martin]

I kinda think this sucks, though.  If I bought an OEM computer and I decide 
to trash it, I feel as though I ought to be able to use the OS on a new 
system. Is that unfair to MS?

Thane Sherrington wrote:
:: http://www.crncanada.ca/content/systems/microsoft-to-impose-windo.shtml
::
:: Here's the part I like:
::
:: "Beginning with Windows XP, Microsoft instituted
:: a System-Locked Preinstallation System. The new
:: OEM Activation process that kicks off with Vista
:: improves upon that by ensuring that Windows Vista
:: SKUs licensed to an OEM function only on that OEM's hardware.
:: But this means customers - and their system
:: builders and solution providers - must maintain
:: recovery media for each OEM's system configuration."
::
:: That's fair.  MS makes most of the money on a
:: Windows OS sale, yet offloads more and more of
:: the work to it's so called "partners."  Don't
:: they understand that if they make it painful
:: enough to sell Windows, they'll force resellers to sell Linux and
:: OSX?
::
:: T