From: Scott Sipe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: The Hardware List <[email protected]>
To: The Hardware List <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [H] Is There A Hardware Solution To The Problem Of Windows
Piracy?
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:48:25 -0400
I completely, 100% agree that things like activation are a complete pain
the butt... it's even worse with Quark software--even before activation
(early 90s), they made you type in at least 3 20 digit/ letter combos to
use the software... annoying as heck.
But at the same time, you say the current scheme is not good for business
-- "greed." I don't really get that. If everyone bought all the software
they were supposed to, there wouldn't be any problems. It's not like MS
wants activation just to annoy people...whether it is EFFECTIVE or not is
an entirely different question. I don't really see how it's "greed" that
they want you people to actually have to buy their software to use it. If
software companies want to try to enforce 1 sale = 1 usage, i think
they're welcome to do it, but they should realize too the cost to those of
us who don't steal and pirate. (maybe part of the reason I'm posting from
a Mac! and why about 1/2 the computers at work are still win2k)
Scott
Greed - for lack of a better word - is good.
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