[geeks] Im going to XP, wish me luck

[Geek]

| Then your simple civil protest should include not using the software
(or
| at least not bitching that it doesn't work right for you BECAUSE
you're
| pirating it.)

Not necessarily. He said he wouldn't give MS his cash, but that says
nothing about buying it off other's who are no longer using their copy
due to upgrades to Linux or downgrades to XP. In case his copy would be
completely legal as it would only be running on 1 system.


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Sikorski" <me at dansikorski.com>
To: "The Geeks List" <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: [geeks] Im going to XP, wish me luck


| On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 15:06, Andrew Weiss wrote:
| > Well this come from personal points of view but I will never
knowingly
| > give my money to Microsoft... it's a simple civil protest.  (other
| > people's money is a different matter) Other companies fine... I love
to
| > pay for good software.  I licensed Omniweb gladly.  I'd even have no
|
| Then your simple civil protest should include not using the software
(or
| at least not bitching that it doesn't work right for you BECAUSE
you're
| pirating it.)