Re: ok, let's clear this up MS - is Product Activation really restricted?

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On 6/5/05 14:04:05, kurttrail wrote:

> Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
>> Consistency, reliability and accuracy were never strongholds of
>> Microsoft products. They're in the market because of other qualities
>> (that appeal more to the general public).

> Yeah. Like being pre-installed of the overwhelming majority of OEM
> computers!

I see that more of a consequence. I'm old enough to remember the time when
MS Office was not the only contender on the market, and most computer
outlets offered a choice of similar packages for pre-installation -- with
MS not having been the cheapest one, AFAIR. Yet most people chose MS
Office, it seems. Which then made the other commercial office suites
disappear slowly (and therefore MS Office the one single choice for
pre-installation).

Somehow they managed to create that "you can't get fired for choosing MS"
mentality -- but not through consistency, reliability or accuracy (in the
behavior of their applications, that is :)

Gerhard
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