Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:53:51 -0600 From: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> To: Freebsd Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: [Fwd: [Fwd: Office XP & Windows XP activation woes]] Message-ID: <20010628145350.B127333@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca>
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I just thought that we all could do a bit of gloating AND count our
blessings in belonging to the (Free)BSD community, after reading the
attached which was forwarded to me by a Windows software developer - soon
to be a Unix user/developer. Thank you BSD core developers, hackers,
gurus, committers, et al!!
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:48:29 -0500
From: Craig Morrison <craig@2cah.com>
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Wanna see some bullshit? Read on..
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Office XP & Windows XP activation woes
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 11:01:56 -0400
From: "William Warner" <wmwarner@telsys.com>
To: <wmwarner@telsys.com>
If you're even considering upgrading to Office XP or Windows XP, be sure to
read my comments & the articles below.. You'll be glad you did.
You'd think it's bad enough now spending hours re-installing Microsoft
Windows or Office when it doesn't work. Well just wait until you get your
hands on XP! As you might have heard these two products include a new
forced activation within either 50 runs for Office or 14 days for Windows.
When run, it essentially creates a fingerprint of your machine & sends it to
Microsoft.. If you change hardware (say maybe a new hard drive & more
memory or a video card) and ZAP! You Windows or Office no longer works!
And, to make matters worse you can't simply re-install them, as that won't
fix it. You are forced to call Microsoft & persuade them that you own the
CD you're holding in your hand before they'll give you the code to unlock
your software! And guess what happens if they don't believe you? You
guessed it! You're SOL with either a machine that won't boot Windows XP or
Office XP that won't let you save documents and you have to go buy it AGAIN!
Microsoft says this activation procedure is to protect them from piracy but
that's a bunch of crap. Any software pirate will have a 'crack' to bypass
this activation so it doesn't even run. All this does is put a larger
burden on us, the real customers. They say it's easy & foolproof. Well
they're the fools. Read the below articles & you'll see the problems people
are already having with Office XP.
Microsoft has already caved on the 'Smart Tags' controversy. (See link
below) Personally I won't buy a product that self destructs because it
*thinks* I am a thief! I'll stick with the versions I have now & not feed
that cash cow of theirs any further. If enough people complain & no one
buys these products then they'll be forced to change it.
Feel free to forward this to anyone you think might be interested.
Cya,
Bill-E
To learn more read the following articles about it:
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5093328,00.html
http://www.win2000mag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=21577
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2779746,00.html
A couple of the above links were from this GREAT newsletter:
http://www.woodyswatch.com/office/archtemplate.asp?v6-n30
(This also warns of a VERY needed patch to Word!)
Smart Tags article
http://www.msnbc.com/news/593601.asp
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