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

I guess we'll never know about those who have complained about the damage
done. I was foolish enough to circumnavigate via  Cape Horn singlehanded
once, but I lack the courage these days to put WGA to the test. I'll just
keep cancelling it out and hope that someone comes to the rescue. (I am glad
to hear that it hasn't troubled you, Charlotte. It is encouraging. I've not
heard much encouragement about it before tonight.)

2009/8/25 Charlotte Foust <cfoust at infostatsystems.com>

> 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
>
> --
> AccessD mailing list
> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com
> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd
> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com
>