Subj : pro
To   : Jay Emrie
From : Bob Bainbridge
Date : Tue Nov 27 2001 11:44 am

CC>All valid and good points!  I think the activation scheme may not last
CC>or rest in good standing with Microsoft's customer IMO.

 JE> Don't bet the farm on that. I'd hazard a guess that 90+
 JE> percent of the XP users are businesses and those that buy
 JE> their PCs at the stores, use them just as they came out of
 JE> the box and add/modify them very little. Only a very small
 JE> percentage of the computer users (of ALL OS systems) are

One more reason that MS may not drop the activation scheme is the fact that 
corporate multi-wotkstation licenses do not require activation. If an IT 
manager had to activate 100 work stations, I think they would tell Billy G. 
where to go.

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

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