Re: XP Activation

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HeyBub wrote:
Alias wrote:
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 xxx 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".


By providing a link to a pirate download site, you've demonstrated whose side you're on.

How so? Just because I use a link to make a point doesn't mean I am on a "side" other than the paying customers' side.


Now we know, unequivally why you object so strenuously to WGA.

It's "unequivocally" and all my software is legal and paid for, ***. Instead of going for a pirated copy of Windows, I am getting into Linux. Read my headers if you know how.

Alias
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