Ed, when you install the software use that is what was planned. What if one of your kids gives a copy away to a friend? I believe they are concerned with this process. Now take it one level higher, a box builder who buys one copy of winders and installs it over and over onto each box said box builder creates and sells.
XP has the potential to be deactivated but have you every heard of that happening? I mean an actual case of you know the people involved? I know of two boxes that still have the windows nag screen about unauthorized product. It still works, it just nags the user every so often. Personally I'd love for a friend to purchase a new car and then burn me a copy of it. ;-> __Stephen -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [NF] Windows Genuine Advantage suffers worldwide outage, problems galore From: Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, August 27, 2007 5:11 am To: ProFox Email List <[email protected]> On Aug 26, 2007, at 7:06 PM, mrgmhale wrote: > They have a great product, provide good on-line support, charge a > reasonable > fee, and cut slack to folks who use the product for personal use. > I would > feel so very guilty were I to try to take overt advantage of such a > reasonable license. Do they have DRM in it that can shut it off and/or cripple your system mistakenly? Look at the subject line. I know that several Microsoft defenders have tried to twist this into an argument between free and paid software, with all sorts of lurid images of houses being broken into, but the issue that we're *trying* to discuss is the practice of vendors crippling perfectly legal software through DRM. I have no problem with paying for software, just like I have no problem paying to watch a movie or to buy a book. And as much as some would like to make it seem, I am not in favor of robbing people's homes. I simply oppose the attitude that treats me like a potential thief first and a legitimate customer second. -- Ed Leafe -- http://leafe.com -- http://dabodev.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox @leafe.com 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. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- text/html (html body -- converted) --- _______________________________________________ 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.
