[geeks] Re: Windows XP?

[Lionel Peterson]

--- Andrew Weiss <ajwdsp at cloud9.net> wrote:
> On Friday, February 7, 2003, at 09:47  AM, Lionel Peterson wrote:

> HE's perfectly allowed to rant about the OS he didn't install... as
> you said one puts oneself in a jail.  Kurt chose a different jail
> and is ranting about the one he didn't choose.

Fair enough...
 
> Most companies activate products... but once activated, they STAY 
> activated.  The company also doesn't have a very obvious (disclosed) 
> backdoor in order to deactivate your product.

I've seen products that query the local network looking for other
machines using the same license key (they communicate over a private
port and play "you show me yours, I'll show you mine") - when two
copies of the same license were found, one would be disabled... That
didn't bother me too much...

=====
Lionel

"Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten
programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software"
Bill Gates, in "An OpenLetter to Hobbyists" dated February 3, 1976
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