So how do you get ahold of the software in the first place if it only lasts for 30 days?
I would not pay twice for it. Thank goodness for Linux :) On Wednesday 31 October 2001 11:16 pm, you wrote: > Alright enough's enough. RH is not subject to an activation scheme. Its > free software just like any other Linux. What you DO have to do is > register (for free) with the Red Hat Network for automated updates. You > can still download the updates in regular RPM's but if you want an > entire network of RH boxes to use the RH Network then you'll have to pay > for that privledge. Thats all. There is no activation scheme when using > RH. > > And for that matter, even though you have to activate WinXP you do have > 30 days to do so before it will shut down. Once activated you can > upgrade any component within a 120 day period as long as you do not > cross a certain threshold (i.e. replacing everything at once). So yes > you can upgrade your RAM and HD both at the same time or RAM and Video > card or HD and CPU without triggering a re-activation, and thats all > that happens. A re-activation is triggered and the OS will then function > again. If no major upgrading is done within 120 days XP resets itself > meaning you could (but not legally) install WinXP on two different > computers if you bothered to wait 120 days between installs. > > Now, can we stop the OS bashing please? > > On Wednesday, October 31, 2001, at 11:39 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > > On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 13:40:39 -0500, Charles A Edwards > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > >> I do not understand the hue&cry, especially from linux users, about the > >> activation process of Windows XP, or the fact that it is tied to 1 > >> system. > >> > >> This not an unheard of, or unused procedure. > >> > >> Red Hat has been using basicly the same in there treatment of > >> installations > >> since 7.1. > > > > Ummm... How? > > > > Red Hat is GPL. You can download it freely of the Internet. What's the > > point in > > a product activation copy protection scheme then? > > > > -- > > Sridhar Dhanapalan > > > > "HTML needs a rant tag." -- Eric S. Raymond > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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