On Jun 2, 2005, at 12:14 PM, Stephen Barncard wrote:
My beef, Richard is not with activation as you describe (although as a
user I find it very annoying), but the scrutiny that is uncalled for,
such as Microsoft putting me through their gauntlet when I try to
change a hard drive that has nothing to do with the os or any app -
that is none of their business.....You change ANYTHING in Windoze
driven hardware, a card, a drive, and it will want you to re-register,
possibly even pay again (it wasn't clear). No thanks. Great to keep IT
teams busy (bless their hearts) but no thanks. I'm afraid to even add
ram.
I do find activation to be a pain at times. I find the new definitions
of "machine" to be costly and tedious. And like you, I find the work
involved in upgrading and cloning to be the most tedious. Even
upgrading my VirtualPC made a bunch of OSes on virtual machines clammer
for activation. I expect that will also happen when I try to move the
virtual machines to new hosts.
Microsoft makes it hard for me to use what I "buy". But they are not
the only troublemakers out there. At the other end, GPLers try to
control (own) what I build.
Typically, the way folks seek to solve their problems is to try to
control other people.
For me, I have seen no evidence of wrongdoing by Microsoft in antitrust
practices.
Dar
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