>> When Activation was introduced, there were numerous reports of failures >> that had to be resolved by calling Microsoft and getting special override keys once they could demonstrate that they owned a legal copy. Do you remember that? Now here we have people who were being honest, but who were treated as though they were criminals. They had to prove their innocence before they would be allowed to use a product that they had paid for.<<
I am not sure if you have been through this process. I have and recently. I was printing out a document to create an Acrobat PDF. Acrobat fires up to preview the document. Up pops a message I have seen a couple of times before about my config changing and prompted me to re-activate. Strange, but I tell it to do so. This time it comes back and says it cannot activate and I can no longer use this program. The reason is I have it on another machine on my network. Curious, but it was right. It just so happens I had my old laptop up and running to test a build of software. I called Adobe to get this cleared up. The women who helped me though it told me to uninstall it on the old machine first, then she would help me re-activate the current production machine. Not even a sly remark about me being a criminal. She even waited patiently for me to remove the unused and duplicate copy. Sure it was 10 minutes out of my day, and frankly I was embarrassed this even happened to me, but I completely understood why. I suspect most of the time when this reactivation happens it is as innocent as my case. As mentioned already, unfortunate, but obviously deemed necessary. I have re-activated Windows and Office too over the phone for various clients and myself. Not even a remote hint of being called or referred to being a criminal. That is enough for a Sunday. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 02:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NF] Windows Genuine Advantage suffers worldwide outage, problems galore On Aug 26, 2007, at 1:53 PM, Rick Schummer wrote: >>> They'll keep out the good people, too. << > > Obviously this is true, but how many? Do you have any statistics > you are basing this on, or are you just generalizing? No, I have not spent my time compiling statistics. If that means that everything is therefore just dandy for you, so be it. When Activation was introduced, there were numerous reports of failures that had to be resolved by calling Microsoft and getting special override keys once they could demonstrate that they owned a legal copy. Do you remember that? Now here we have people who were being honest, but who were treated as though they were criminals. They had to prove their innocence before they would be allowed to use a product that they had paid for. How much is their time worth? I know what I charge, or what my lawyer charges. And unlike copies of software, time is not an infinitely copyable thing. When my time is taken from me, it's gone. Adding this to Windows stole valuable time from (hundreds, thousands - you supply your number) of people, and that is an actual theft, as opposed to a virtual theft that you are so frightened of. -- Ed Leafe -- http://leafe.com -- http://dabodev.com [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
