Re: Valid Product Keys for Windows XP SP2 Professional Volume License Edition

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Leythos wrote:
In article <ukd4M$XBHHA.996@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, aka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
You think they are both stealing and this is where we disagree. I compared breaking the EULA to breaking laws like prohibition, slavery, marijuana, etc. and you had no comment. If everyone lock steps to Microsoft's rules not only will they not change, Microsoft will believe everyone agrees with them.

Most people that are ethical know that they can protest and argue without breaking the rules/laws - there is nothing to stop you from protesting without breaking the rules/laws.

With your "logic", blacks would still be slaves, marijuana use would still be a felony and the USA would still be a colony of England. I do not break the rules. Every computer I have has legal licenses. That said, if Spain forces MS to stop their "anti piracy" rules and allow fair use, I will change my M.O., although I have no use or interest in Vista so I may not have a chance to take advantage of that. When a computer buddy of mine comes back from the States, we will be looking into Linux because, my friend, I have principles and one of those principles is not supporting a monopoly that pretends to tell me what I can or can't do in the privacy of my home with something I bought.


People that break the rules/laws and then claim "Fair Use" or I'm doing it to prove a point about the rule/law being wrong, are just taking the slackers way out.

Tell that to the Founding Fathers, Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks. If you lived in the 50s and saw some blacks eating in a white restaurant, you would have probably called Bull Conner because they were "breaking the law".


The rules will not change, they will get worse, as proven by what MS is doing now, and it's because of people like you, based on your actions, that cause things to get worse.

People like me do protest. A$$holes like you think they're morally superior to everyone else. I have yet to see you protest one thing MS has done. All I see you doing is telling everyone how moral and correct you are and how immoral and incorrect the protesters are.

Vista will be a flop and their draconian "anti piracy" features will be the best thing that has ever happened to Linux and XP. IE7 has made Fire Fox's day.

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