Re: Windows XP

> >>> This scenario is illegal anyway. The license states that it can ONLY
be
> installed on one machine. However if little Jimmy knows a lot about the
> internet, he might find one of the hundreds of hacks to disable the
hardware
> tracking. ;-)

Some guy in Germany apparently figured out that the hardware configuration
is stored in a single file, and that saving that file prior to a hardware
change, and restoring it afterwards, fools the hardware tracking. Is this
the level of security in IIS that everyone complains about? i.e. trivial?


> And what about Passport?  MS is trying to make it so that you have to
> register with them if you want to use the Internet.  Naturally they'll be
> recording your Internet usage for their own gain, but don't worry about
it,
> your privacy is safely in the hands of "Uncle Bill"!  That kind of
corporate
> hubris simply makes me believe that enough is enough, so no more Windows
for
> me, 2000 would seem to be the end of the line.  Guess I need to buy a book
> about Linux...
>
> >>> So don't use it. They nag you for a while to register, but then they
> stop. You don't HAVE to use it, that is just what they WANT you to do. If
> they make you, that would be monopolistic action, and would be in even
more
> legal trouble. Or if you want to use it, don't give them information that
> you don't want tracked. There is no forcing, just very highly suggested.

>From what I read, it's so "highly suggested" that most users will believe
it's a requirement. Uncle Bill Wants _You_!

Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
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909 425-0196 fax



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