Hans Schneider wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Linux Genuine Advantage
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Linux Genuine Advantage works by checking our licensing server
>> | periodically to make sure that the copy of Linux you are running
>> | is Genuine. This is determined by whether you have paid us the
>> | appropriate licensing fees. If you are out of compliance, and
>> | are past the grace period, logins to your machine will be
>> | disabled until the license fees are paid. How to log in to
>> | enter the license key when logins are disabled is left as
>> | an exercise for the reader.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.linuxgenuineadvantage.org/
>>
>> It sounds like a nice 'feature'.
>
> It sounds to me like intrusiveness of calling home like Microsoft XP and
> Vista. Can you explain why it is not same for all?
>
> Or is it just humor of some kind that is not so funny? Maybe it is me
> missing the points being made.
You haven't read it, right?
It is biting, stinging sarcasm. exchange the word "linux" in it
with "windows", and then everything is true
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99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
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