================================================ Subject: Re: Excel registries and changing favorite Creed song (Weathered album) From: "Debbi R" To: Date: Mon 11 Feb 2002 09:49:01 -0800 ================================================ Because the license is per machine, not per purchaser. DUH. -----Original Message----- From: Creed Discussion List [mailto:CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM] On Behalf Of Joe Earles Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 7:47 AM To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM Subject: Re: Excel, registries and changing favorite Creed song (Weathered album) That's not the point I was making. The point I was making is that if I buy a product of any kind I should be able to get the maximum amount of mileage out of it. Having to pay for the os FOUR TIMES simply because Microsoft only wants me to install it on one computer is insane given what they charge for the full version of XP. If it's not leaving my house and I'm not burning copies for the whole neighborhood, what is the big deal about me outfitting my entire LAN? My Cable Modem provider isn't beating down my door because my CM is routed to four machines. They won't support my LAN, but they're also not charging me for four subscriptions because I have internet access on four computers. I'm also not running CAT-5 to the other apartments around me and eating into their business. *I* am using the service *I* pay for and as long as I'm only doing that Roadrunner doesn't have an issue. Again, right or wrong, it all boils down to greed. Microsoft doesn't *HAVE* to enforce such idiotic rules but they do it and for no better reason than that they want to dig deeper into my pocket. I can't tell you how much I resent that, and yet I still buy the product. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith" To: Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 10:16 AM Subject: Re: Excel, registries and changing favorite Creed song (Weathered album) > I swore to myself I wasn't going to jump in here, but I can actually > answer your last scenario about the consumers NOT buying XP. The > reality is, NO, Microsoft WOULDN'T care, because the VAST majority of > their sales don't GO to the consumer market. Debbi could probably > give you an accurate number, but I think it's more than 90% of their > sales going to the business segment. > > And for the record, Debbi and I are in complete agreement on this > issue. Just because BillG has multi-billions doesn't mean we should be > able to cheat him out of anymore. By THAT logic, we should all go > steal our next new computer, or our next pair of Tommy Hilfiger jeans, > or our next....you get the picture. Just because the company, or the > head honcho of the company, already HAS loads of money, doesn't mean > we should not continue to pay for their product. To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp