If you read the M$ Licence Agreement (that you signed up to by tearing open the packaging!), you'll discover that they've cleverly omitted to actually offer ANY support, ever! Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Ferrell" To: Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [EE] Re: Free PCB package > Very interesting. I had not heard that. Essentially, my Microsoft Publisher > Software will die with the hard drive then because I have to get a new > registration code every time I move it. That will provide a lot of incentive > to hack. I wonder if there is any sort of law on the books to protect the > customer from abandonment? It did not have termination date on the > package.... > > > John Ferrell > 6241 Phillippi Rd > Julian NC 27283 > Phone: (336)685-9606 > Dixie Competition Products > NSRCA 479 AMA 4190 W8CCW > "My Competition is Not My Enemy" > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Hunter" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 12:56 PM > Subject: Re: [EE] Re: Free PCB package > > > > It's going to be amusing to M$ collapse over the next couple of years (you > > heard it here first!). They have now decided to cease all support for > > software over three years old. This, in conjunction with their bizarre > > pricing policy and draconian "activation" regime will ensure that their > > market share will eventually become as irrelevant as Apple. > > > > Many of the major hardware manufacturers are courting various Linux > > companies. Even IBM install Red Hat Linux by default on many of their > > server products, and have bought into Red Hat in a big way. > > > > The end will come when M$ introduce their own mandatory BIOS with their > next > > generation of Windoze.... I'll be happy to save #500 / $850 by buying a > > machine with a generic BIOS and a proper operating system! > > > > Chris > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "William Chops Westfield" > > To: > > Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 7:48 AM > > Subject: Re: [EE] Re: Free PCB package > > > > > > > > Having spent a few days on the holidays playing with a friends new PC > > > > running windows XP, again it is noticeably slower than my win98 > > > > system, even though it has more ram and a faster processor. > > > > > > Well, presumably XP and ME were microsoft's lasp gasp attempt to get > > > people with 1GHz+ machines to buy new (faster) ones to make up for the > > > speed loss, thus improving the US economy and making a bunch of people a > > > bunch of money. It doesn't seem to have worked, though. My 400MHz > > > machines still seem to be running most applications just fine, not that > > > I'm what the industry would call a power user ("gee, I guess a windows > > > PC makes an OK X terminal." :-) > > > > > > BillW > > > > > > -- > > > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > > > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body