On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 15:40:05 +0000 John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> Can you cut that M$ registration crap out as well . Actually, the Corporate version he refers to (the now infamous "Devil's Own" pirated copy that was installed on thousands of desktops months before XP's official release...deliberate?) does not require registration, nor does the Volume License Edition, which I managed to snag a copy of when I was still an MS footsoldier and had access to a complete MSDN kit. However, in order to use the Devil's Own version, ie. install SP's and such, you would need to do some hacking prolly, as the accompanying CD key is now invalid (of course, MS very helpfully put instructions on their site to get around that for their "legit" Corporate Edition customers...). MS is not against piracy and never has been. They want their software out there the way a heroin dealer gives away the first hit for free. I'm not sure, really, why I hang on to my VLE, I wouldn't install it for anyone if they paid me, and I certainly have no use for it myself... Hmmm, that coffee mug is leaving an ugly stain on my desk... ;-) -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "You can't survive by sucking the juice from a wet mitten." -- Charles Schulz, "Things I've Had to Learn Over and Over and Over"
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