Re: Coming to terms with Win XP after using Win 98

It is further alleged that on or about Thu, 29 Dec 2005 01:35:48 GMT,
in alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt, the queezy keyboard of John Doe
<jdoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> spewed the following:

|David Maynard <nospam private.net> wrote:
|
|> ToolPackinMama wrote:
|>
|>> John Doe wrote:
|>>
|>>> Windows Product Activation
|>>> sucks too.
|>>
|>>
|>> That's the one thing that I hate, that pissed off many of us
|>> homebuilders.
|>>
|>> I change my hardware frequently, and for MS to demand that I
|>> re-activate at full price after "one-too-many" upgrades felt like
|>> punishment. I have been a faithful and honest customer. I
|>> resent being treated like a thief, simply because I upgrade
|>> frequently.
|>
|> The "full price" of re-activation is 0
|
|That doesn't say much about the value of your time and effort.
|
|> and only the most severe of upgrades requires even that.
|
|Playing dumb again, I guess. Expert users, I would assume many in
|this group, do more than just an occasional upgrade.

PMSL
Expert users never have to activate.
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-nos1eep

Scaling up the heights of folly.
non est ponenda pluritas sine necessitate
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