At 21:28 20.11.01 -0600, you wrote: >On Tue, 20 Nov 2001 21:28:32 -0500, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: > >Someone at Microsoft has obviously figured out how much money > >they are "losing" because people install their OS on more than > >one computer. Of course, I won't buy XP with that system unless > >I am absolutely forced to, and it has not yet come to that, so > >it is not clear to me that, if others are like me, they will > >actually make more money, they may make less, but this is what > >bean counters can do to a software company. I would have bought > >XP before now if not for the activation issue. I change hardware > > very often, and I might want to get one computer running before > > I shut down the old one or change its OS. > > >And it gets much worse...
...and worser What will happen in three or four years after the new shiny Windows Whatsoever Named is out? Will I get a new activation code for XP if I buy a new computer? Or am I forced to buy the new Windows? Does Windows deacitvates my XP? Edi Im Hof ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + IH electronic + Phone: ++41 52 320 90 00 + + Edi Im Hof + Fax: ++41 52 320 90 04 + + Doernlerstrasse 1, Sulz + URL: http://www.ihe.ch + + CH-8544 Rickenbach-Attikon + E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] + + Switzerland + + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
