12-22-2006
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Re: The Reluctant Pirate
No, R! in the mail, RC2 by email
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
> You got an RC2 in the mail?
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> "UnionDatacom" <UnionDatacom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news 53CA634-849F-4607-96B8-862DF77B8ABE@microsoft.com...
> >I get my Vista RC1 Beat copy in the mail, and install it. I love the OS,
> >but
> > it’s buggy. I got RC2 my email, and it was improved. Close enough to
> > stable,
> > so I kill my dual-boot config and start using it, knowing I’ve got 6
> > months
> > before it expires and that I can easily buy it retail by then, that was
> > the
> > plan anyway.
> >
> > So a few weeks go by and I see RTM on the Internet, but I don’t get a
> > copy
> > of that one in the mail. MS no doubt wants me to buy it. I’m thought that
> > wouldn’t be a problem, but I can’t find it. I own a telecom company in
> > Dallas. I have a few hundred Win2K3 licenses, and a dozen or so XP License
> > on
> > workstations: spending plenty of money with MS, but my vendor doesn’t have
> > Vista, and I can’t find a vendor on the MS Partner site to sell it to me.
> > I
> > leave all kinds of voicemails with these rinky dink outfits, but no one
> > really has it to sell me TODAY. Not even retail like Best Buy, or CompUSA,
> > nobody.
> >
> > But I see it all over the Internet, my techs have it, my friends have it,
> > but I don’t have it. So I download it, and read the details. It seems that
> > this pirated RTM copy simply installs and pretends to be a beta. Now we
> > all
> > know even the RTM is going to have quite a few patches in the next few
> > months, so in my mind the only difference is that this “beta” is a little
> > newer than RC2. So I install the pirated copy, apply the crack, and I’m on
> > Build 6000 that thinks it’s RC2.
> >
> > Well, that worked for a few weeks. Then MS released some Genuine
> > Advantage
> > Activation thing, I UNCLICKED that update knowing it wasn’t a good idea to
> > install on my “pirated” copy, and it installed anyway. Then Vista disables
> > my
> > Aero (not sure why that even matters, but I miss it), and brings up the
> > Software Licensing window at awkward times, steals focus, and generally
> > pisses me off. But I had a previous experience with Genuine Advantage on
> > XP,
> > and you could complete the form, give MS your Credit Card, and they’d sell
> > you a legitimate license right then. A truly ingenious move on the part of
> > MS, no telling how much money they made off that one feature, converting
> > lazy
> > pirates to customers.
> >
> > But in Vista, there is no such option. The Buy Now button sends you to
> > option screens, that send you to companies that can’t even sell you the
> > product, not even a volume license, for any amount of money.
> >
> > So can someone, anyone, tell me how to buy the damn product today? I don’t
> > care what it cost, I don’t even really care what version it is. I just
> > like
> > the basic features and want to upgrade my personal machines, and my office
> > machines.
> >
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