Subj : Re: Since we're talking about Lenovo Thinkpads...... To : All From : G6JPG-255@255soft.uk Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:16:25 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.o rg!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: Since we're talking about Lenovo Thinkpads...... Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 05:07:07 +0000 Organization: 255 software Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: <2g3d6mUuocDaFwPs@soft255.demon.co.uk> <223s0dl4nttg0kha59dj1c8be9cnokpgd5@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="cfe695150db41e39b4238ee43634dadd"; logging-data="5019"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18OiM/PUrJk32Pz6F7HBUVE" User-Agent: Turnpike/6.07-M () Cancel-Lock: sha1:eTyzwWmG6KaJK3ts7lKSF1MP52E= Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134604 In message , gfretwell@aol.com writes: >On Thu, 16 Nov 2017 22:22:59 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" > wrote: > >>In message <223s0dl4nttg0kha59dj1c8be9cnokpgd5@4ax.com>, >>gfretwell@aol.com writes: [] >>>on it. In real life MS doesn't really seem to care about XP anymore >>>anyway. They will authenticate anything with a valid number. >>>Mine all say "genuine microsoft" or words to that effect. >> >>One does wonder why they continue to do that. > >I suspect maintaining the old server that tried to track hardware >changes and then had people sitting by the phone to reconcile the >differences was not worth it for a software package they were not Oh, sure; I meant, I'm not sure why they're continuing to authenticate at all. >selling anymore. They certainly do not want to say they will breach >the EULA contract and abandon their customers after a while. Why not though? Obviously, I'm happy that they _are_ continuing to authenticate, just wondering why. >That is why they want to migrate to the subscription model with a hard >drop dead date if you don't keep paying, getting away from a lifetime >sale. Indeed. I don't think even W10 has got to that yet, but the can't-block-updates (for most people with moderate or low computer skills, anyway) is certainly moving towards that. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Europeans see luxury as a badge of civilisation. Whereas we [British] have shabbiness as a badge of civilisation. - Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, in Radio Times 12-18 October 2013 --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .