From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 30 Jun 2001 03:22:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 30 Jun 2001 03:22:14 -0400 Received: from ppp-76.net-1002.magic.fr ([195.115.184.76]:63224 "EHLO desktop.home.mamane.lu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 30 Jun 2001 03:22:00 -0400 Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 09:24:48 +0200 From: Lionel Elie Mamane To: David Schwartz Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: The latest Microsoft FUD. This time from BillG, himself. Message-ID: <20010630092448.A5835@desktop.home.mamane.lu> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i-Lionel In-Reply-To: ; from davids@webmaster.com on Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 07:50:36PM -0700 X-Operating-System: GNU/Linux Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 07:50:36PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote: > More likely, Microsoft will display escalating suspicion with > each install, If they find out that a key is definitely being > abused, they will stop issuing unlock codes for it. In other words, > they will cause great inconvenience for pirates and little > inconvenience for legitimate users. Well, except that according to Murphy's law, it's obviously Sunday you are trying to install the beast, and Microsoft offices are closed. And on weekdays, you are working, so you don't have time enough to. (Yes you can call on a weekday, get the code (provided they aren't time-locked), and install the Sunday after, but Murphy's law again: either you'll forget, either your disk will screw up your previous installation on Saturday). -- Lionel Elie Mamane RFC 1991 (PGP 2.x) 2048 bits Key Fingerprint (KeyID: 20C897E9): 85CF 986F 263E 8CD0 80FD 4B8C F5F9 C17D OpenPGP DH/DSS 4096/1024 Key Fingerprint (KeyID: 3E7B4B73): 9DAD 3131 3ADA F50B D096 002A B1C4 7317 3E7B 4B73