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"David Maynard" <nospam@private.net> wrote in message
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> johns wrote:
>
>>>machine and I assume if I use my registered copy of WinXP from my
>>>first build, on a second machine, I won't be able to get updates.
>>
>>
>> You should still try. A lot of times, I put together a
>> machine for someone, and install their WinXP and
>> then activate it. Say maybe 6 months later, something
>> goes wrong, and I have to repair that same machine
>> requiring a total reinstall of the same copy of WinXP.
>> I've found that if I just do a web re-activation, it will
>> fail, but if I call Microsoft, with the activation number,
>> they will re-activate it. Now if you are just dying to
>> start the worlds longest thread ( any of you ), start
>> blabbing to me about how the install has to stay with
>> the original mobo ... blah, blah, blah. I say this once
>> and only once. Bill Gates does not make laws. As
>> a consumer, I have every right under the ( REAL )
>> law to maintain the value of what I purchase. Meaning
>> ... If I go out and pay a ton of money for a copy of
>> WinXP, it is MINE !!!! And I intend to use it on a
>> single machine regardless of the hardware changes I
>> make to that machine.
>>
>> johns
>
> I sympathize with the sentiment but you do not buy "software" (unless
> you're hiring a programmer to write it for you or contracting with a
> software development firm). What you purchase is a use license.
>
I think that a one time fee of $15, charged at the original point of sale
per computer, would be enough to allow Mr. Gates and Co. a fair profit. That
$15 should permit me, the end user, to update that one computer for the rest
of that computer's life.
That is to say, if Mr. Gates and Company introduce a new operating system
that will work on that computer, I should be permitted to update that
machine in perpetuity via the internet.
I am currently running seven computers in my household. I cannot and will
not pay $700 or so to license each machine's OS and then have to do the same
thing again once a new OS is introduced. An OS that I cannot do without.
My machines are used by the wife and I. Some are old machines, but they are
needed for specific tasks. I am disabled and cannot get around the house
easily. I have multiple machines in multiple locations for just this reason.
If you think this is unreasonable, consider the other devices that you use
in your daily life that are built around microprocessors. How would you feel
if you had to pay to have your automobile's OS updated every year or two?
Your microwave oven? Your entertainment center? See my point? It is time
that this constant dipping of Microsoft's hands into our pockets ended.
Bill has enough money now. It is time that we thought of the consumer.
Ed Cregger
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