Re: Windows Genuine Advantage
- From: "the guru" <spambucket@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 1 Jun 2006 00:45:31 -0700
Rhonda Lea Kirk wrote:
And that's fine. Just try to understand that to some of us, it's both
offensive and intrusive.
I paid for my software, and I shouldn't have to keep proving that I did
long after the purchase. No other vendor--of any kind--makes me do that,
and I don't see why Microsoft should have the right to make me dance on
a string because I use its product.
Absolutely. In the real world, if the police kept knocking on your door
and asking to look round your house to see if you had any stolen stuff,
it would be considered an infringement of civil liberties. This is even
worse, since many people have updates set to automatic, so it's like
the police marching in and looking round without even asking. Microsoft
should not even be using the automatic update mechanism for a purpose
that has nothing to do with updates.
I have to use Windows because knowing about it and developing software
for it is how I make a living, but the day I retire I shall wipe it off
and install Linux, and never buy another Microsoft product. That's how
I feel about Microsoft's policy.
The PC Guru: www.the-pc-guru.com
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