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Number   :  4235
Date     :  2003-04-07
Author   :  james sadler
Subject  :  Re: A thought on the Mobil-Rack (disk tray)
Size(KB) :  2


 When Microsoft wants to update your copy of
XP your PC will ask permission to update. You are not
forced to accept the upgrades. Since people on this
thread tend to have backups it isn't much of a problem
to get rid of an update if you don't like it. The
automated update-bug fix feature in XP is quite an
asset. I am certainly no evangelist for Microsoft. I
have machines for Linux, 98 and XP. Now if we can get
xxcopy ported to Linux----
--- meirman@e... wrote:
> At 10:33 PM 4/6/03 -0500, J. Merrill wrote:
> >I totally agree. Any extra value in XP is at least
> somewhat offset by the
> downsides.
> >
> >OTOH, the newest service pack for Win2K gives MS
> many of the same
> EULA-defined rights that XP users agreed to from the
> beginning. It's very
> scary that we have no choice other than to give MS
> rights on our machines
> for the privilege of paying them to use their
> software.
> 
> What sort of things does the right to invade your
> machine at any time,
> remove any software they find offensive, and force
> you to update your
> software whenever they consider it appropriate
> actually refer to or imply,
> in practice?
> 
> And by any software, if they mean other than MS
> software, I have a feeling
> that is not enforceable, either in practice or
> legally. I think this would
> be called a contract of adhesion, where one side has
> no choice in the
> wording. The standards for enforcing such contracts
> are somewhat
> different. I am not a lawyer. Has this been
> litigated yet?
> 
> >
> >At 02:21 PM 4/6/2003 -0700, Virg wrote (in part)
> >>If I may be forgiven for going off topic for a bit
> I *would* like to ask
> what the motive is for switching to XP. I know it's
> purported to be more
> stable. But at what price? A command processor but
> no DOS. It sounds as
> though one must report to uncle Bill whenever it's
> necessary or desireable
> to reinstall. Plus the EULA Chuck mentions above. 
> And so far, cloning
> with xxcopy seems to be eluding us. Rebooting
> Windows98 once or twice a
> day seems like less trouble to me. If I were to
> switch I believe it would
> be to Windows 2000.
> >>
> >>Virg Tomlin
> >
> >
> >J. Merrill / Analytical Software Corp
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> 
> Meir 
> 
> meirman@e... Baltimore, MD, USA
> 


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