[AccessD] OT: It may be time to stop hating Microsoft.

Sorry to disagree, but it's never given me any trouble.  I wonder how
many of those posts are the same people who rale against online
activation?  I think it may be more of a political or moral issue than a
real problem. 

Charlotte 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Paul Rodgers
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 1:09 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: It may be time to stop hating Microsoft.

The point is, Charlotte, that Microsoft circulate snoop software that
gets onto your computer without your authority, and without asking you.
If you don't install WGA, it just keeps appearing every time you start
(or restart). It's somewhere among the startup programs, but you won't
find it.

Of course, that's nothing compared to what happens if you do
accidentally install it. So many forums talk of the absolute nuisance it
becomes through alleging legitimately bought software is pirated. It
harasses the owner every time it starts, apparently.

The conservatives among us will say, 'Well, if you have pirated software
on your machine, you have only yourself to blame.'

But detectives don't suddenly walk into your home on the off chance that
you might have something you shouldn't have. The taxman doesn't just
stroll in and look through your computer.

There MIGHT be some empathy if it was being done by a company that was
against the wall through so much of its software being pirated. But this
is the biggest, wealthiest company in the IT world, owned by the richest
man in the world, acting as no other organisation and no democratic
country can.
And, Charlotte, we made them wealthy, and him the wealthiest. Yet we,
the computer user, is treated appallingly and undemocratically by them.

So my point is that before we start loving Microsoft, they should
deserve to be loved. In my book, WGA is proof that they don't deserve it
and nor do they deserve our support.
Cheers
paul