On Aug 27, 2007, at 9:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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.
So because there are people who are not honest, everyone should suffer?
If you were Microsoft and could prove that the box builder was doing
this, send your lawyers after him. No argument there. But this is not
the case.
> 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.
Yes, I have had experience with that. Being known as the local
computer geek means that when someone in my circle of friends, or in
each of their circle of friends has a problem, I usually hear about
it. The most recent one was a company laptop that stopped working
while the guy was away on a trip, and frantically called me from
Florida to ask me what to do. And yes, it was a perfectly legal copy
that just decided to deactivate itself for no reason that either we
or Microsoft could figure out.
> Personally I'd love for a friend to purchase a new car and then
> burn me a copy of it. ;->
Ah, so you're finally starting to get the idea that digital items
are different than physical items. Maybe you'll finally be able to
drop the misleading comparison to taking physical items when
discussing this issue.
-- Ed Leafe
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