Vista - Sure you want Vista?

Read this first:

http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/175801

Alias

Is this your 'last ditch' attempt before the big day?

"Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.eu> wrote in message
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> Read this first:
>
> http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/175801
>
> Alias

Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote:
> Is this your 'last ditch' attempt before the big day?
>
> "Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.eu> wrote in message
> news:epkj3c$q8f$1@aioe.org...
>> Read this first:
>>
>> http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/175801
>>
>> Alias
>

No sir. These are just some things people should consider before buying
Vista, regardless of what day it is. Did you even read the article and,
if so, how do you feel about it? Do you think Hollywood should dictate
to MS how to set up Vista?

Alias

"Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User" <mikehall@mvps.org> wrote in
message news:OGJS8V5QHHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> Is this your 'last ditch' attempt before the big day?


Well, definitely not... that's why he/she is hiding as an 'Alias' -
though knowing that Resistance Is Futile:-)

rOy


>
> "Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.eu> wrote in message
> news:epkj3c$q8f$1@aioe.org...
>> Read this first:
>>
>> http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/175801
>>
>> Alias
>

Alias wrote:

> Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote:
> > Is this your 'last ditch' attempt before the big day?
> >
> >"Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.eu> wrote in message
> news:epkj3c$q8f$1@aioe.org...
> > > Read this first:
> > >
> > > http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/175801
> > >
> > > Alias
> >
>
> No sir. These are just some things people should consider before
> buying Vista, regardless of what day it is. Did you even read the
> article and, if so, how do you feel about it? Do you think Hollywood
> should dictate to MS how to set up Vista?
>
> Alias

What's more to the point is should Hollwood dictate to the average PC
user how he/she uses legally-purchased software/media?

--
Paul-B

Roy Coorne wrote:
> "Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User" <mikehall@mvps.org> wrote in
> message news:OGJS8V5QHHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
>> Is this your 'last ditch' attempt before the big day?
>
>
> Well, definitely not... that's why he/she is hiding as an 'Alias' -
> though knowing that Resistance Is Futile:-)
>
> rOy

Hiding? How do we know you are Roy? That could be a phony name. What has
my persona got to do with it? Please try to address the issues, not the
persona. Of course, that's difficult when the issues aren't going your
way so, like a typical microsoft arse kisser, you resort to insults when
you can't refute the issues.

Alias
>
>
>>
>> "Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.eu> wrote in message
>> news:epkj3c$q8f$1@aioe.org...
>>> Read this first:
>>>
>>> http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/175801
>>>
>>> Alias
>>
>
>

"Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.eu> wrote in message
news:epkj3c$q8f$1@aioe.org...
> Read this first:
>
> http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/175801
>
> Alias


Vista will remain in a virtual machine here until it's been 'suitably
tamed'.

and like all guests that presumptously try to dictate what you can or cannot
do in the privacy of your own home, their latest 'terms and conditions' will
be suitably ignored.


--
Jon

"Paul-B" <paul@rasf1.net> wrote in message
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>
> What's more to the point is should Hollwood dictate to the average PC
> user how he/she uses legally-purchased software/media?

And the average PC user has themselves to blame?
If people did not pirate software/movies/music then there would be no need
for content protection like this.

I have no problem with content protection/vista activation or whatever they
want to throw at me, providing they work properly and do not fail on
legitimate wares. I do not want to have to phone Microsoft and explain
myself away to a stupid telephone consultant because their system has
wrongly flagged me or deleted my files.

Beck wrote:
>
> "Paul-B" <paul@rasf1.net> wrote in message
> news:526409F1mhmc3U1@mid.individual.net...
>>
>> What's more to the point is should Hollwood dictate to the average PC
>> user how he/she uses legally-purchased software/media?
>
> And the average PC user has themselves to blame?
> If people did not pirate software/movies/music then there would be no
> need for content protection like this.

Ah, but these measures do not stop piracy one iota!
>
> I have no problem with content protection/vista activation or whatever
> they want to throw at me, providing they work properly and do not fail
> on legitimate wares. I do not want to have to phone Microsoft and
> explain myself away to a stupid telephone consultant because their
> system has wrongly flagged me or deleted my files.

That about sums up these "protective" programs: they only hassle the
paying customer and do nothing to stop piracy.

Alias

Alias wrote:

> Roy Coorne wrote:
> >"Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User" <mikehall@mvps.org> wrote in
> message news:OGJS8V5QHHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >
> > > Is this your 'last ditch' attempt before the big day?
> >
> >
> > Well, definitely not... that's why he/she is hiding as an 'Alias' -
> > though knowing that Resistance Is Futile:-)
> >
> > rOy
>
> Hiding? How do we know you are Roy? That could be a phony name. What
> has my persona got to do with it? Please try to address the issues,
> not the persona. Of course, that's difficult when the issues aren't
> going your way so, like a typical microsoft arse kisser, you resort
> to insults when you can't refute the issues.
>

Hiding, nymshifting and the like have been an integral part of usenet
since it's inception. There is no reason why anyone should not do it...
the fact that some choose so to do and some don't is irrelevant to the
material being posted (trolling excepted in the non-trolling groups)

--
Paul-B