Subj : RE: WINDOWS XP
To   : Bob Bainbridge
From : Craig Healy
Date : Fri Jul 13 2001 02:56 pm

-> JE> The ONLY thing that will stop MS in this is for the public
-> JE> to en masse refuse to buy the product. Somehow I can't see
-> JE> that happening.
->
-> According to some of the articles in ComputerWorld it will happen. On
-> manager of a large company in the Cleveland area said he always takes
-> of any new software home first, installs it on his own system to see
-> how it goes, uninstalls it and then installs it on his several
-> hundred workstations if everything looks OK. He said he will not go
-> through the activation hassle with XP.

I'm responsible for about 50 computers at different locations.  I will
not use WinXP nor OfficeXP as long as they include any form of
registration or activation routine.  And I've been strongly advising
anyone who'll listen to "just say no".

Given the lack of any real advantage over Win2000 or Win98, it may
well be a sales flop.

-c-

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