Not true on the license cancellation Scott, but you will have to call microsoft for a code to reactivate it. The goal is to prevent a single copy of the OS from being installed on Many machines. Why on earth would anyone want that?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Salisbury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 5:59 PM Subject: Re: [Off Topic] - Access > Over the years, the books in the bookstore > have been a very accurate measure of what's > popular. And I've noticed that they are also > an accurate prediction of what's going to be > popular... > > I noticed that the number of books on VB is > going way down while the number of books > on Java is going way up. There are tons of > books on HTML, XML, Java, JavaScript, > etc... There are fewer and fewer books > relating to the various MS technologies. > > I also think that public perception of M$ is > going to turn more and more negative as > time goes on. Americans are not big on the > "Big Brother" approach that M$ is taking > with Windows XP. As I understand it, if > you change more than 5 things in your PC, > M$ will know about it and in some cases, > such changes will cancel your XP license > and you'll have to purchase a new one. > > It's only a matter of time before the tide > turns and a lot of people decide that enough > is enough. > > Take a look at the bookstores selection of > Linux books. Linux is the up-and-coming > thing... > > Scott > ==== > "Richard S. Croy" wrote: > > > While I was in my local Borders books today, I counted > > 35 -- yes, 35! -- separate titles of third-party books on > > "Access." > > > > That says something . . . but I'm not sure what. > > > > -- > > Richard S. Croy > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ================================================ > > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > > ================================================ > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > > -- > > > Scott > ==== > Scott J. Salisbury > Matrix Data Systems / The R:Street Journal > 5114 Point Fosdick Drive NW, Suite E-272 > Gig Harbor, WA 98335-1733 > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.MatrixDataSystems.Com > http://www.SeaNet.Com/~sjs > Direct Line: 206-423-7679 > Toll Free: 888-386-5040 > Seattle: 206-448-7975 > Tacoma: 253-444-5166 > Fax: 305-425-0491 > > > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l
