__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Friday 06 October 2006 04:00 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 01:59:57 +0100
> <1563783.KfvFBsvx19@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> __/ [ B Gruff ] on Friday 06 October 2006 00:08 \__
>>
>>> On Thursday 05 October 2006 23:52 Philip wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2006/10/04/PM200610047.html
>>>>
>>>> 'If you install a copy you haven't actually paid for, after 30 days ...
>>>>
>>>> "They'll put you into a reduced functionality mode. That will allow
>>>> you to use your browser for up to an hour. And then you're logged out of
>>>> your computer and you can't use it anymore."'
>>>
>>> Nonsense - the Linux partitions will work just fine
>>
>> Vista could, in principle, 'take care' of that as well. It already messes
>> up the MBR once installed. But Microsoft will not resort to such
>> strategies. On the contrary, it will just come up with an angry prompt
>> when it gets locked up:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/pknrw
>
> Nice thought, although I don't see Microsoft using that particular
> message, somehow. :-)
>
> Unless they're getting *extremely* desperate....
They're not? Isn't that what WGA is all about? *smile*
Best wishes,
Roy
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