Re: XP Activation

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"Leythos" <void@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

> In article <OFPoYmDbFHA.1088@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, aka@[notme]
> maskedandanonymous.org says...
>> No, I don't have a choice, which is my point! I have three computers. Are
>> you suggesting I trash them and buy three MACs!? MS has a monopoly on
>> PCs.
>> Period. If I want to use a computer, I *have* to buy Windows.
>
> I have 8 systems running FC3 (linux) and doing normal business work, not
> much of a Monoploy if you ask me.

You're a techie. Sorry, but you don't count. I am talking about people like
myself that are not techies. Besides, what about all that software I paid
for that's sitting on my shelf that I won't be able to use with FC3?
>
> [snip]
>
>> Again, name me one good thing activation provides the paying customer.
>
> An attempt to keep costs lower for purchasers by trying to keep more
> revenue in-bound.

Is this a joke? What about all the costs involved in designing and
implementing PA and Validation? I know that the good folks in India work for
slave wages, but they aren't free.

> If activation was not used, it would be pirated
> without any concern by more people that it currently is, which would
> reduce the income stream, which would increase product costs.

It's pirated *anyway*. It *only* affects paying customers, most of which
don't know the difference between a generic OEM, a bundled with bullsh*t OEM
or a retail copy. I went to an Internet cafe the other day and they had 20
computers with pirated XPs on them, all of them! The owner of the cafe
didn't even know what activation is!

Alias


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