On Fri, 2002-04-19 at 13:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [Lias] Latest Microsoft Stupidity > From: "Les Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... > Microsoft page at http://www.microsoft.com/education/?id=DonatedComputers ... > The statement appears to be an attempt to scare educators into not > replacing the pre-loaded - and probably registry-rotted - copy of Windows > on the machine with something useful, such as Linux.
I see nothing wrong with this page (except the broken links it contains. The statement seems to merely be Microsoft-centric based, ... of course the donated machine will be a x86 with Windows "blah" pre-installed. They are pointing out that if you don't have all the paraphernalia to prove you bought the OS, then it is assumed you stole it (Guilty until proven innocent). The page also links to an article about the BSA strong-arming a school (but the link failed for me, so I haven't seen the article, which is stored as a .doc file), because profit is far more important then education. If people like being treated like this, of course they will continue to use Microsoft. I'm quite happy for M'soft to treat all their customers like this, as I'm not one of them (and I don't have any shares in the company either). Cheers, Malcolm V.
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