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voidmain

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Updates on M$ shenanigans...
« on: 3 August 2002, 12:56 »
Spying right in the EULA:
http://www.theregus.com/content/4/25859.html

Licensing 6.0, many are saying NO and turning to alternatives:
http://www.theregus.com/content/4/25843.html
Someone please remove this account. Thanks...

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« Reply #1 on: 3 August 2002, 15:51 »
quote:
"Software manufacturers give the appearance of a sale (you buy it in a standard retail store, you pay sales tax, etc.), but after they have your money they spring this 'agreement' on you and suddenly it's a lease.  Ladies and gentlemen, this is known as _fraud_," the author says.


Why didn't I try Linux long ago?  :(

Isn't MS the only one who pulls this crap for updates?
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« Reply #2 on: 3 August 2002, 23:45 »
Steve Ballmer describes M$ as having a "rough Feel".

Oh no...What M$ feels like to me is that cheap toilet paper schools used, it's slick, slides out of the cracks and fails to do the job.
Tough - Adapt or die : Read The Fucking Manual.

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« Reply #3 on: 4 August 2002, 21:15 »
I figured they would do something like this.  
 
This is BULL&^#@.  It seems clear to me that MS interprets "My Computer" as "Microsoft's Computer."  

I'm glad I'm fluent in Linux.
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« Reply #4 on: 4 August 2002, 11:11 »
cheap toleit papaer, hmmm, then unix is the nice thick stuff that takes shit like no other


then agian, microsoft is outa whack on the licensing scheme, and i think many will switch to alternatives cuase of this
x86: a hack on a hack of a hackway
alpha, hewlett packed it A-way
ppc: the fruity way
mips: the graphical way
sparc: the sunny way
4:20.....forget the DMCA for a while!!!

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« Reply #5 on: 4 August 2002, 18:33 »
on every m$ box i touch i change the name 'My computer' to 'http://www.fuckmicrosoft.com'

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« Reply #6 on: 4 August 2002, 22:33 »
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-=f00bar=-: on every m$ box i touch i change the name 'My computer' to 'http://www.fuckmicrosoft.com'


I always change it to "Darth Fences computer"  :D .

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