How much "time" is involved in doing WGA?
As for being an unpaid policeman, I hardly think so. I see all of the
OEM System Builder promo emails. I also know that MS does a lot to
support their OEM's.
WGA _is_ your protection against the pirate stores. The black market for
Windows should feasably dry up much faster. This helps you.
As for Dell getting better pricing - well, come on. They buy hundreds of
thousands of licences in bulk. How many do you buy at a shot? You can
compete against Dell in quality of parts and service and support, which
will more than make up the $50-75 that Dell gets their XP licences
cheaper than you do.
Thane Sherrington wrote:
Huh? I don't have a problem with someone protecting themselves against
piracy, and I never said I did. Nor did I mention Linux (you keep
bringing it up.)
I have a problem with a company taking up my time so that they can make
more money, and giving me nothing in return. I've been an unpaid
policeman for MS for years. (And so has every other honest comptuer
store.) In return, we get to pay 3 to 4 times what Dell pays for their
software, and we get virtually zero protection from the pirate stores
out there.
Is it too much to ask to have loyalty flow both ways?
You might be so happy with the opportunity to sell MS products that
you'll take whatever they hand out, but I'm not.
T
