Applying just a smidgen of logic to this would cause anyone with even a
modest intelligence to conclude it's bullshit.
Look around you, Fuckenstein, still think im full of shit? If you
actually were able to READ an article, you would see the quote is from
Microsoft.
Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:27:59 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> >| According to a Microsoft technician, 'in the fall, having the latest
> >| WGA will become mandatory and if its not installed, Windows will give a
> >| 30 day warning and when the 30 days is up and WGA isn't installed,
> >| Windows will stop working, so you might as well install WGA now.'
> > `----
>
> This is just plain stupid. an unamed "microsoft technician".
>
> Applying just a smidgen of logic to this would cause anyone with even a
> modest intelligence to conclude it's bullshit.
>
> First, this would mean that 5 *YEARES* ago, Microsoft decided that the fall
> of 2006 would shut down Windows if users didn't apply a patch they came up
> with last year. Yeah, I believe that. Otherwise, there is simply no way
> for Microsoft to control every version of Windows out there.
>
> Second, not all PC's are connected to networks. My father's computer
> isn't. He doesn't have internet access, and never will. They're not going
> to shut down computers that can't even get the patch in the first place.
>
> Third, this would be an absolute public relations nightmare, as millions of
> PC's around the world suddenly just shut off. Yeah, right.
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