I hear you! Microsoft has taken it once step futher with Windows, licensing software to *processors*, not computers, not people. So, if one upgrades the processor in a computer (or one replaces an obsolete or damaged motherboard and processor), you are "expected" to purchase a new Microsoft Windows license for that motherboard!
~~James _________________________ http://www.turtlezero.com On 7/18/07, Phil Henshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip] Then there was Adobe, and my being persuaded to actually buy their Acrobat-8 Professional because of the great upgrade it was. I installed it on my laptop, on my home desktop and office desktop, no prob. Then I went to a conference and their security program blocked my access to PDF files on the web, having caught me, quite uninformed, as a software pirate, wanted $400 on the spot. So I uninstalled Acrobat-8 and loaded the free reader, and that worked for a few hours until they discovered my sneaky trick, and blocked that too... I guess...! preventing me from reading some of the materials of the people I was listening to in the room. I did finally, a week later, find someone to yell at (a perfectly nice sales person who did finally seem to understand and agree to pass it on) whose first response was a "that' our policy" statement, delivered with a little note of triumph in having a really simple answer. I think the obvious reasonable thing is to license personal software to *individuals* for their use, and pay $15 or sth for extra personal installs. The route 'the system' seems to have gone down is writing licenses to *computers*, not people, acting as if there's no difference...!! :~)) Pretty laughable stuff.. ! But are you guys noticing this too? Phil Henshaw ¸¸¸¸.·´ ¯ `·.¸¸¸¸
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