I'm not against them trying to protect themselves
against piracy either. And for most people who buy
a 'boxed' pc, it may be fine for them. For those
of us who like to build our own system, changing
it over time... personally, I feel if I'm going
to spend $ for their product, and then call them
to ask them, "Pretty please... I just changed
out video cards and now my system won't boot"...
give me a break. They can keep their OS. I'll
stick with an older version until they change
their policy or there is no other alternative.
John
PS I know full well that piracy is a problem. I
also know Bill is richer than most people ever
will be or have been. I'm not justifying it, just
making a point that plenty of people ARE buying it.
> There are two versions of XP. One is the version that
> you talk about and the other is the Professional
> version. The difference is that the professional
> version has unlimited use/changes. It is also more
> expensive than the other version.
> We all on this list are quite adamant in paying our
> shareware fees to the applications that we use, and
> there have been quite a bit of talk about copyright
> and program ownership. Why should Microsoft NOT want
> to protect what is they'ers? It's a know fact that
> Microsoft products are the number one pirated
> products. Microsoft just has identified that some
> people don't need all the stuff that more experienced
> users need. So, why charge then the premium (or the
> same price) as the powerusers? My parents have had an
> AMD 200 machine for 5 years. They still use Office 97.
> They will probably never upgrade unless I do it for
> them. So, why do they need a more expensive version?
> What would have been nice if there were a stripped
> down version of Office that they could've
> purchased...But, for Office 97, there wasn't. XP now
> offers that chance.
> I've got no problem about vendor trying to protect
> their investment...
> Ed
> web/gadget guru
>
> --- Jon Glass <jonglass_at_usa.net> wrote:
> >
> > on 10/14/01 8:34 AM, Ed Kummel at tech_ed_at_yahoo.com
> > wrote:
> >
> > > but I'm replacing
> > > Office 2000 with XP...just got a copy of it and
> > can't
> > > wait to try it!
> >
> > I heard that XP uses really draconian protection
> > schemes, like watching how
> > many times you have upgraded, and other things. If
> > it doesn't like what it
> > finds, it shuts down and won't let you use it. Is
> > this true?
> > --
> > -Jon Glass
> > Krakow, Poland
> > <jonglass_at_usa.net>
> > <glasshaus5_at_aol.com>
> >
> > "Our Constitution was made
> > only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly
> > inadequate to the
> > government of any other." --John Adams
>
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