Subj : Re: Forced registration in Whistler To : Randall Parker From : Geo. Date : Mon Mar 26 2001 11:02 am From: "Geo." "Randall Parker" wrote in message news:MPG.152925d5b71bfd6f98b8f2@news.barkto.com... > > Since you have so many machines and since MS supposedly (someone correct > me if I'm wrong) is going to offer a volume site license version that > doesn't require the key to be entered couldn't you personally just use > that? I realize it doesn't solve the general case for everyone. But it > ought to solve it for you. According to the license, I won't be able to use that version unless I'm willing to throw away all the licenses for the versions I get with a machine (assuming I buy a preloaded machine). > One big thing about this I don't understand: If MS is going to offer a > version that doesn't require the authentication then how long will it > take for that version to come into the hands of bootleggers? Is MS going > to inconvenience all their legal customers while not providing any > real obstacle at all to the bootleggers? Of course. You don't really believe that online registration is meant to stop the big bootleggers? How many times does it have to happen before people realize that copy protection like this only serves to inconvenience honest customers? Is anyone going to pirate version 2.1.1.1 of cuseeme today? No they pirate the current version, the copy protection only serves to make my day, me a paying customer. My position on this, if cuseeme people don't make it right am I going to buy the new version. No, I'll pirate it before I buy it. If you treat me like a criminal then I may as well behave like one. Geo. --- BBBS/NT v4.00 MP * Origin: Barktopia Gating Project http://HarborWebs.com:8081 (1:379/45) .