Hi Civileme,
On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 08:49, you manipulated electrons to produce:
> OK,
>
> First, the Microsoft Product Activation is a _requirement_ for
> winXP or it stops working after 30 days (10 in some
> circumstances). Corporate licenses have other arrangements.
>
> Product activation does _not_ reveal your hardware to microsoft, so
> they claim at their website. What they describe is a hashing
> algorithm that makes it easy to detect changes but also makes a
> non-unique key.
> Can we end this thread here? I'd rather be positive about linux
> any day and fight necromancers with disbelief.
************* Oh, ya spoiled a lot of the excitement, now....... :-)
************** THEN how about this lot!
A great idea unless...... it falls into the worng hands........ :-)
>
> We also have a reportng mechanism that snapshots your computer. It
> will likely be in next release. Of course the source is available
> so people can examine how it functions. Its purpose is
> different--
> Civileme
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