Re: Microsoft Activation ... UGH

[jenny_berger -at- fairfieldresidential -dot- com]

Actually it's quite American -- by all accounts, the US operates as a 
democracy (roughly), which means the majority rules. Microsoft (among 
others) constitutes a majority where it concerns their products; 
therefore, they make the rules of their game. As a number of others have 
suggested, if you don't agree to their rules, then don't play their game. 
Simply because you're in the market for a particular game doesn't mean 
that you have to play what seems to be the only game in town. 


Jenny Berger
Technical Writer
Information Systems
Fairfield Residential





"Chuck Martin" <cm -at- writeforyou -dot- com>
Sent by: bounce-techwr-l-115343 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
10/15/2003 04:45 PM
Please respond to "Chuck Martin"

 
        To:     "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
        cc: 
        Subject:        Re: Microsoft Activation ... UGH
>
> if it isn't about theft or piracy, then what *is* it about?
>
It's about the default assumption that anyone with a copy of the product 
is
a thief or a pirate until proven otherwise.

Sort of a fundamentally un-American philosophy.


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