[OPINION] Re: Windows Absolute Control

[Dar Scott]

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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