Subj : pro
To   : Chris Cranford
From : Craig Healy
Date : Wed Nov 28 2001 02:29 pm

-> -> Also, what if MS decides to drop support for XP sometime down the
-> -> road and I want to install it on a different computer?
->
-> All valid and good points!  I think the activation scheme may not las
-> or rest in good standing with Microsoft's customer IMO.

<rant>
I will say that XP of any flavor will *not* be installed on any of the
nearly 50 computers I'm responsible for.  I object very strongly to the
heavy-handed approach MS has taken with this software.

And the thinly veiled threats contained in the recent letters from MS
and their "affiliate" the Business Software Alliance have got me
seriously looking at Linux.  They threaten six-figure fines if they
find unlicensed software on any computers in your business.  And they
claim that most snitching is from disgruntled employees.

Not only am I looking at Linux, I'm seriously considering boycotting
all the members of this Business Software Alliance.  Heavy handed and
Draconian measures that imply I'm guilty until proven innocent stick
in my craw.

I'll be quiet now.
</rant>

-c-

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