Khepri wrote:
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> smitty wrote:
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>> While there is no explicit authorization or prohibition of more
>> aggressive policies, such as disabling program code and/or data, MS
>> has not publicly pushed for power to do so, fearing a user backlash.
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> When I was mentioning Longhorn and what I hated about what I was
> hearing, this story is right in line with all that...grrrr.
>
> Hence my "finally taking the plunge" to get away from that habit..
Part of what finally caused me to make the switch as fully as my life
allows it is the modifications of the Windows EULA after Win2k SP2.
Win2k's SP3, along with later Microsoft EULAs, basically gives Microsoft
ownership of your machine as long as the covered software is installed
on it. That just doesn't sit well with me.
Microsoft has been moving toward this for years. They've been doing so
like you cook lobster: start with cool water, and heat it up slowly so
that the lobster never realizes it's being cooked. Most Windows users
will never realize they've been screwed.
Now, of course, I'm much happier with Linux functionality than any
broken Windows system, anyway.
-- Chad
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