================================================ Subject: Re: Excel registries and changing favorite Creed song (Weathered album) From: "Keith" To: Date: Mon 11 Feb 2002 11:36:58 -0500 ================================================ Personally, given what you GET in that full version, I think the price is actually pretty reasonable. I realize I'm in a small minority, but that doesn't change the fact that, knowing just HOW good XP is (and make no mistake, folks, it absolutely ROCKS), I'd pay just about any price to have it. As Debbi has already said, is it convenient to have to do this? Hell no. Is it necessary in the fight against piracy? Absolutely. And one last case in point: Metallica, as EVERYONE knows, sued Napster because of the way that service circumvented copyright law. Some fans were OUTRAGED, others (including myself) APPLAUDED. Did THEY do it out of greed? It's a never-ending debate. The fans who are/were outraged say YES, it was greed, pure and simple. The rest of us know better. They were simply protecting what BELONGS TO THEM. -----Original Message----- From: Creed Discussion List [mailto:CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM] On Behalf Of Joe Earles Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 10:47 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. To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp