Re: WGA Ain't So Bad

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Leythos wrote:
Rhonda Lea Kirk wrote:

Do you think it would be perfectly reasonable for the US
government to begin tomorrow going door to door and searching for
evidence of...whatever it feels like, as long what it's searching
for is illegal?

Really?

Yes, if the government has already been given permission to access my
home, by default, then they can come in anytime and look for anything
they want.

There have been different agencies that have tried to operate under that
theory. People have died as a result, and the government has been
adjudged wrong.

Notice how I worded that - just like you authorized MS to do anything
they want with Windows, by default, so you don't really have any
counter position - you've already agreed to let them change anything
they want. Oh, and your question about the Government, well, it
really shows how flawed your thinking is, as you didn't address the
same situation.

My thinking is not flawed, and I did address the same situation.

My EULA specifically says: "This EULA applies to updates, supplements,
add-on components, product support services, or Internet-based services
components, of the SOFTWARE that you may obtain from...."

It does not say that I must accept these updates, etc., nor does it say
that I have agreed to an invasion of my privacy.

Furthermore, it specifies what constitutes my "End User Proof of
License" as follows:

"If you acquired the SOFTWARE on a device, or on a compact disc or other
media, a genuine Microsoft "Proof of License" COA label with a genuine
copy of the SOFTWARE identifies a licensed copy of the SOFTWARE. To be
valid, the label must be affixed to the COMPUTER, or appear on the
SOFTWARE packaging. If you receive the label separately, it is invalid.
You should keep the label on the COMPUTER or packaging to prove that
you are licensed to use the SOFTWARE."

I cannot, on the other hand, find anything in the EULA that requires me
to accept WGA.

But more than that, Leythos, what do you know about what is referred to
as "the public policy"? Because WGA is unconscionable.

Microsoft can do anything they want with the OS and I've only got two
choices, live with it or change to a non-MS solution.

The fact that Microsoft keeps going to court and getting its weenie
whacked should be proof enough that it cannot do anything it wants.

--
Rhonda Lea Kirk

Insisting on perfect safety is for people
without the balls to live in the real world.
Mary Shafer Iliff


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