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10-18-2006

LOL
Yup; every single boot-up-phonin home.
Ahh; and correct again; most people don't care.
Bubbles are nice though

Jeff

"Eddy" <_blank_@ddress.internet.net> wrote in message
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> If the screws keep getting tighter, does that mean I'm getting screwed?
>
> I've read the new EULA. It's very vague. How does one "assign to a
> device". Write the device a love note? Holler the devices' name from a
> roof-top. Have one's secretary point? It doesn't make any sense.
>
> And while the EULA say I can "reassign" [how's that done?] "one time". It
> doen't say I can do it more than once. It says I can do it one time. The
> EULA doesn't cover if I should do it two times. It doesn't say either way.
>
> It's a crazy unworkable EULA that probably should be ignored. Buy your
> copy, use it on one computer at a time and ignore the rest. Be
> circumscript should you have to phone in.
>
> And how can the report of an IP address not be "personal information"?
> To all intents and purposes, the IP address does ID a person. Sheesh.
>
> Do you realize how many times in a week your Windows Vista will check on
> you and even report on you? Every time you boot and maybe then some.
> Everytime you update and maybe then some. Every time WGA Notifications
> decides and it *will* be including a personally identifiable IP address.
> And with a new restriction per every few months, who knows what is coming
> down the Microsoft pipe? Forced upgrades? Lock you out from your private
> files? (whoops .. they already will do that) What else do you have planned
> for your customers, Microsoft? Why not just give us all the possible
> restrictions you have planned right now and so we can decide if we even
> want to stay on the Microsoft train?
>
> Most of us, like me, are little froggies in a slowly heating pot of
> water. It's beginning to steam now, but we don't want to get out 'cause
> the dancing bunnies are so pretty.
>
> We're all so apathetic. Lame easy pushovers who accept everything that is
> shoved at them. 'Especially me.
>
> Microsoft, do want me to spit or swallow?

10-18-2006	#2 (permalink)
Jeff n/a posts	Re: New EULA for Retail Buyers LOL Yup; every single boot-up-phonin home. Ahh; and correct again; most people don't care. Bubbles are nice though Jeff "Eddy" <_blank_@ddress.internet.net> wrote in message news:%23H7Nz2v8GHA.2120@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > If the screws keep getting tighter, does that mean I'm getting screwed? > > I've read the new EULA. It's very vague. How does one "assign to a > device". Write the device a love note? Holler the devices' name from a > roof-top. Have one's secretary point? It doesn't make any sense. > > And while the EULA say I can "reassign" [how's that done?] "one time". It > doen't say I can do it more than once. It says I can do it one time. The > EULA doesn't cover if I should do it two times. It doesn't say either way. > > It's a crazy unworkable EULA that probably should be ignored. Buy your > copy, use it on one computer at a time and ignore the rest. Be > circumscript should you have to phone in. > > And how can the report of an IP address not be "personal information"? > To all intents and purposes, the IP address does ID a person. Sheesh. > > Do you realize how many times in a week your Windows Vista will check on > you and even report on you? Every time you boot and maybe then some. > Everytime you update and maybe then some. Every time WGA Notifications > decides and it will be including a personally identifiable IP address. > And with a new restriction per every few months, who knows what is coming > down the Microsoft pipe? Forced upgrades? Lock you out from your private > files? (whoops .. they already will do that) What else do you have planned > for your customers, Microsoft? Why not just give us all the possible > restrictions you have planned right now and so we can decide if we even > want to stay on the Microsoft train? > > Most of us, like me, are little froggies in a slowly heating pot of > water. It's beginning to steam now, but we don't want to get out 'cause > the dancing bunnies are so pretty. > > We're all so apathetic. Lame easy pushovers who accept everything that is > shoved at them. 'Especially me. > > Microsoft, do want me to spit or swallow?
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