Ok thanks for the info. This seals my decision to not buy XP ever, paying for it twice?
Ripoff. Linux will forever rule in my house. On Thursday 01 November 2001 12:29 am, you wrote: > Well, you go to a "store" and buy it. Then when you install it, the 30 > day countdown begins. If you don't activate it within that time frame it > stops working. > > On Thursday, November 1, 2001, at 12:20 AM, Newbie wrote: > > So how do you get ahold of the software > > in the first place if it only lasts for 30 days? > > > > I would not pay twice for it. > > > > Thank goodness for Linux :) > > > > On Wednesday 31 October 2001 11:16 pm, you wrote: > >> Alright enough's enough. RH is not subject to an activation scheme. Its > >> free software just like any other Linux. What you DO have to do is > >> register (for free) with the Red Hat Network for automated updates. You > >> can still download the updates in regular RPM's but if you want an > >> entire network of RH boxes to use the RH Network then you'll have to > >> pay > >> for that privledge. Thats all. There is no activation scheme when using > >> RH. > >> > >> And for that matter, even though you have to activate WinXP you do have > >> 30 days to do so before it will shut down. Once activated you can > >> upgrade any component within a 120 day period as long as you do not > >> cross a certain threshold (i.e. replacing everything at once). So yes > >> you can upgrade your RAM and HD both at the same time or RAM and Video > >> card or HD and CPU without triggering a re-activation, and thats all > >> that happens. A re-activation is triggered and the OS will then > >> function > >> again. If no major upgrading is done within 120 days XP resets itself > >> meaning you could (but not legally) install WinXP on two different > >> computers if you bothered to wait 120 days between installs. > >> > >> Now, can we stop the OS bashing please? > >> > >> On Wednesday, October 31, 2001, at 11:39 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > >>> On Wed, 31 Oct 2001 13:40:39 -0500, Charles A Edwards > >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> > >>> wrote: > >>>> I do not understand the hue&cry, especially from linux users, about > >>>> the > >>>> activation process of Windows XP, or the fact that it is tied to 1 > >>>> system. > >>>> > >>>> This not an unheard of, or unused procedure. > >>>> > >>>> Red Hat has been using basicly the same in there treatment of > >>>> installations > >>>> since 7.1. > >>> > >>> Ummm... How? > >>> > >>> Red Hat is GPL. You can download it freely of the Internet. What's the > >>> point in > >>> a product activation copy protection scheme then? > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Sridhar Dhanapalan > >>> > >>> "HTML needs a rant tag." -- Eric S. Raymond > >>> > >>> > >>> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >>> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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