Re: XP Activation

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HeyBub wrote:
Alias wrote:
More proof that the WGA fiasco does nothing to stop piracy and only
annoys paying customers. What happened to you, Mike, is that you got
the new WGAN from Windows update that incorrectly determined that you
did something you didn't do.


And the proof for your assertion that WGA does nothing to stop piracy is...?

Anyone that wants a pirated copy of XP can get one and it can use Auto Updates for the security updates. You can even get a copy of Illusion which is a combo of W2K, XP and Vista. Want to download it right now? Go here http://www.marvinzone.com/index.php?topic=54773.0 and it's all yours. Stop piracy my ass. It may convince some clueless user who bought a pirated copy of XP to pay for a "genuine" one but stopping piracy? Puhlease, pull the other one, it has bells on it.

That said, where the hell does MS get off forcing their paying customers to: prove over and over again that they aren't thieves and force paying customers act as cops to help catch pirates?


Paying customers are annoyed, true. Much like having to show your receipt at the door of Best Buy or Walmart.

If MS wants to see my receipt, they can get a court order and demand to see it and I will show it to them. Where I buy software isn't Best Buy or Walmart but a computer store and the man who watches me leave *gave* me the receipt and, no, it didn't ask to see it again when I walked out.

It's the price we righteous people have to pay to keep the thieves mostly at bay. By putting up with the aggravation, we keep prices lower.

Who covers the cost of the WGA help desks and the programmers salaries to develop WPA and WGA, Santa Claus?


It's simple: You're either on the side of the honest or you're on the side of the thieves.

You must have failed logic. It's simple: MS has no right to force paying customers to play cop to try and catch pirates, whom they don't catch. They catch clueless *users* who bought a pirated copy of Windows or Office, not the pirates.

So, the side you are on is called "screw the paying customers and get on your high moral horse if anyone objects".

Alias
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Relevant Pages

  • Re: XP Activation
    ... Updates for the security updates. ... force paying customers act as cops to help catch pirates? ... paying customers to play cop to try and catch pirates, ... Windows or Office, not the pirates. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: XP Activation
    ... Updates for the security updates. ... force paying customers act as cops to help catch pirates? ... Who covers the cost of the WGA help desks and the programmers salaries ... paying customers to play cop to try and catch pirates, ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Does WGA really stop piracy?
    ... and install updates. ... The pirates aren't ... It, like activation, only affects paying customers and ... Activation and WGA only serve to denigrate ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsupdate)
  • Re: Enhanced WGA
    ... I'm amazed at what paying customers will put up with so that someone else ... not to catch pirates or stop ... the purpose of a corporation is to satisfy its shareholders. ... Real pirates may not, as you say, be affected; ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Enhanced WGA
    ... I will be watching what happens with HastaLaVista from XP. ... No way will I pay money for Vista if I'm going to have to continually jump through hoops, download the new hoop that was made to counteract the crack for the previous hoop, ad nausea. ... not concern for paying customers, not to catch pirates or stop ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)