Subj : WINDOWS XP
To   : Malcolm Miles
From : Bob Bainbridge
Date : Sat Jul 14 2001 01:53 pm

 MM> On Jul 13, 2001 Bob Bainbridge wrote to Jay Emrie:

BB> One IT manager of a large company in the Cleveland area said he
BB> always takes a copy of any new software home first, installs it on
BB> his own system to see how it goes, uninstalls it and then installs
BB> it on his several hundred workstations if everything looks OK. He
BB> said he will not go through the activation hassle with XP.

 MM> Large companies will be using volume licences which do 
 MM> not require individual activation.

 MM> Best wishes,

Are you saying that XP will be shipping in at least 2 different versions then? 
The home user's version will quit working after 30 days if not activated and 
will quit working when any major hardware changes are made but the corporate 
user's copy will work forever with no activation? Where would Microsoft draw 
the line - 10 user license, 100 user license.....etc.? I would think that an IT 
manager being interviewed by ComputerWorld would have knowledge of that fact.

Bob Bainbridge <Team OS/2>
bob_bainbridge@prodigy.net

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