"snithware", heh-heh. Very clever naming convention. One more to tuck into my exer expanding collection of professional terms for our industry. It will rank right up there with Vaporware and Futureware.
Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chet Gardiner > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 1:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] Windows 2000 Professional under some open source > virtualmachine. > > > Win2K didn't have snitchware built into it. > > That crap didn't come in until XP.. > > Use it and enjoy! > > > > Pete Theisen wrote: > > Hi Everybody! > > > > Years ago I purchased Windows 2000 Professional with the intention of > > installing it on my own personal use machine. I scoured the web > for the best > > price and got it for $64 shortly after XP was introduced. Then > all this FUD > > started about it not being "authentic" so although I installed > it briefly I > > never used it. > > > > Now I am retired, my machine is in my HOME, and I don't care if > my Windows > > 2000 that I paid $64 for is "authentic" or bootlegged or > whatever. If M$ > > didn't want it bootlegged they never should have distributed > it. I think mine > > actually came from M$ but was just sold to me at a price they > didn't like. > > > > Question then - how to install this so it never reaches the > web, and has no > > direct access to the Linux part of the machine, where most > everything will > > be. I just need windows for a couple of things that Linux has > no software > > for, perhaps it will need to see external media, printer and > scanner. Some > > open source virtual machine is what I need? Anyone have a > recommendation? > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
