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Old 10-30-2006   #41 (permalink)
Nina DiBoy


 
 

Re: Microsoft's Motivation Behind WPA/WGA/SPP

John Barnes wrote:
> Companies always look out for their customers. No customers no business.
> They balance the profitability of certain customers against other
> considerations, like piracy of the product. Having a limit in place to
> guard against obvious piracy makes sense. Giving a small number of waivers
> for the tiny number who would need them for legitimate purposes also makes
> sense. Microsoft has, in the past, been quite cooperative in these
> circumstances and odds favour that they will continue to do that.
>
>

Who are you responding to?

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Old 10-30-2006   #42 (permalink)
Nina DiBoy


 
 

Re: Microsoft's Motivation Behind WPA/WGA/SPP

Richard Urban wrote:
>
> Why don't you turn your considerable efforts to rail about "big oil" on an
> appropriate newsgroup or chat room?
>
> You surely (Shirley) must drive a car!
>


LOL, broken record/MVP usenetbot? Lemme guess, free tool from MS, right?
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Old 10-30-2006   #43 (permalink)
Richard Urban


 
 

Re: Microsoft's Motivation Behind WPA/WGA/SPP

Not at all. The same redundant statements rate a redundant answer!

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Nina DiBoy" <no@not.con> wrote in message news:ei5i4m$iab$1@web.aioe.org...
> Richard Urban wrote:
>>
>> Why don't you turn your considerable efforts to rail about "big oil" on
>> an
>> appropriate newsgroup or chat room?
>>
>> You surely (Shirley) must drive a car!
>>

>
> LOL, broken record/MVP usenetbot? Lemme guess, free tool from MS, right?



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