Re: I am "OPENLY ADVOCATING" for Bruce to be removed as a MVP!

From: Mike Brannigan [MSFT] (mikebran_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 22:28:18 -0000

Both the links you included point to similar posts by Bruce.
I can only assume you taking issue with Bruce's use of the phrase
"...a web site that openly advocates lying and software piracy..."

Your site clearly provides advice on how to breach the End User License
Agreement that the end user has already agreed to abide by as part of the
conditions required to be satisfied to exercise the single license they had
purchased.
The deliberate breach of a license agreement for software and in particular
the multiple installations of unlicensed copies of Windows is software
piracy.

As regards removing this thread, bare in mind Kurt that this is a peer to
peer support newsgroups for general question on the Windows XP product. Not
a general discussion group/chat forum.

My work here is to answer genuine users questions about our technologies and
products., Not to engage in some "debate" with you.
If you have a genuine technical question then post it.
If you have specific legal questions then as I have suggested a number of
times - seek professional legal counsel and feel free to contact Microsoft
Legal and Corporate Affairs department at our head office in Redmond WA. 

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Mike
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"kurttrail" <dontemailme@anywhereintheknownuniverse.net> wrote in message
news:OMDbF8tBEHA.3064@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Mike Brannigan [MSFT] wrote:
>
> > Kurt,
> >
> >> Yeah, I know.  And I showed this group in the past that Mike
> >> Brannigan had
> > a
> >> particular bug up his *** for me.  He finally gave up, because I
> >> always
> >> came out smelling even rosier after every encounter with him.
> >>
> >
> > I have given up nothing,
>
> Sure seems that way to me, since for the most part my posts have stopped
> disappearing on a regular basis.  The one in this thread that was
> removed with "N-a Bud's" post because of his his of the word "a-hole,"
> was the first one I've noticed getting pulled in months.
>
> > and may well still remove this entire thread
> > as
> > being outside of the focus of this newsgroup; which I am perfectly
> > entitled
> > to do.
>
> Go ahead!  What is stopping you?  But this thread is NOT outside the
> focus of this group, as it is about what happened in this very group.
> By pulling this thread you would only show how unreasonable you & your
> employers actually are.
>
> > This thread also contains unsubstantiated accusation directed
> > at
> > someone personally - which again is a perfectly valid reason for this
> > entire thread to be removed from this group.
>
> It was substantiated in two prior threads.
>
> So answer me this, does MS condone the lies of the people that they
> reward as a MS-MVP?  Because that is exactly what Bruce did twice about
> my web site.
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=104h2tf88n8lqbb%40corp.supernews.com
>
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=104h2s3c9kn3i7d%40corp.supernews.com
>
> Does MS condone it's MVP's changing the words of the others in their
> replies?  Because that is exactly what Juppy Jones did in this thread.
>
> Jupiter Jones [MVP] wrote:
>
>    <snip>
>
> >> --
> >> Peace!
> >> Kurt
> >> Self-anointed Moderator
> >> microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
> >> XXXXXXXXXXX
> >> "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
> >> "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"
>
> But please, go right ahead and pull this whole thread instead of
> replying to my questions, and prove yet again, to every rational human
> being here, just how petty you & your company really are.
>
> Oh, and maybe you should have a refresher class for MVPs on just how
> these MicroNewsgroups work, since Juppy isn't aware that they ARE
> monitored.
>
> "Microsoft does NOT monitor these groups as you well know." - Juppy
> Jones
>
> -- 
> Peace!
> Kurt
> Self-anointed Moderator
> microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
> http://microscum.com
> "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
> "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"
>
>