Re: thought police

Al Smith wrote:
>> After reading the article in BetaNews, I hardly think parents and
>> relatives will be "caught" by this program. How many parents and
>> relatives require payment for a software copy and then offer a
>> receipt to the buyer? It would seem the object of this program is
>> the high-volume "business," not individuals who install XP on two
>> home machines.
>
> Where does it end, though? Microsoft is bribing users to rat out
> stores, dealers, small suppliers, white box shops, or Uncle Fred.
> Doesn't it bother anybody that there is an incentive being offered
> to informers?

Yeah, but I doubt most will know who to turn in.

What I more concerned about is all the false pirated installs that
people are reporting, and how MS is gonna scare people into buying
software they really don't need.

MS has yet to change the bogus PA message about XP being installed too
many times, because they use it to sucker people into buying software
they really don't need. 2 Service Packs, nearly a hundred patches, and
almost 4 years since XP been out and MS has yet to change it! PA is a
way to FUD people into buying software they really don't need, and so is
WGA.

Neither is really about stopping or slowing down piracy, its about
selling more copies of software. And they people most likely to be
suckered/FUDed into it are those that already have bought it.

If MS goes after some unscrupulous businesses selling pirated OSs, then
getting their victims to turn them in doesn't bother me. What really
bothers me, is MS suckering those that already have legimate software
into buying more copies than they need. And believe me, its gonna
happen, and it is totally wrong!

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