Calum... In the main, on this site, the people seem to be very helpfull and courtious to someone who has some questions about linux. My comments on a prior post concerned a few other forums that I had the missfortune to go into. It seemed like the sites are dominated by silly kids, probably just posting to piss people off. Proving nothing. I dont live and breath computers, but after my experiences with activation with Microsoft, I am looking for an alternative. I had a OEM version of XP and took it off the crappy computer my wife had it on and put it on mine. I called MS and got a real snotty woman on the line that said I was out of luck. I called back and explained the situation to the guy that answered that time, telling him I was junking the computer it came on and didnt think it was fair to be out $165.00 He agreed and activated it for me. Goes to show that they are not all bad if you approach them right. I still disagree with the entire policy of activation. I can get a pirated copy anytime I want, but I am not really into that sort of thing. Microsoft, with thier policies, are forcing people to break their stupid laws. If I have any more problems with them, you can probably guess what I will do then!!!
