================================================ Subject: Re: Excel registries and changing favorite Creed song (Weathered album) From: "Joe Earles" To: Date: Mon 11 Feb 2002 10:47:11 -0500 ================================================ 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. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Debbi R" > To: > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 12:07 AM > Subject: Re: Excel, registries and changing favorite Creed song > (Weathered > album) > > > > And the answer to your last answer is, it's illegal. > > Done. I accept that but where does it end? I can still share the same > tube > of toothpaste with my entire family. Why not write a law that says > everyone > has to have their own tube? We can't have the same tube of toothpaste > taking > care of everybody's teeth now can we? Even though I paid for the tube > legally. Bottom line: legal or illegal a giant juggernaut like Microsoft > doesn't *need* to place such restrictions on their software. They'll > make > plenty of money regardless. Again, I'm not arguing the legality or the > ethical nature of piracy but there are plenty of people out there who > feel > the same way I do and CHOOSE to pirate the stuff because they're tired > of > making the payments on Bill's houses, cars and jets. I don't necessarily > agree with the decision to steal simply because you disagree with > someone's > marketing strategy but I can certainly understand why some folks do it. > Still, as you've already pointed out, it doesn't make it right. I'm just > curious what would happen if enough consumers got mad enough about the > whole > XP thing that they decided to give Microsoft a hard time about it. Would > they listen? Would they care? No, probably not because they know > they've > got an entire industry by the family jewels and can do whatever the heck > they want. We may get mad but we'll still buy the product. Now explain > to > me what's right about that.... > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, > visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp