More MS EULA Fun

Posted by timothy on Sunday August 4, 2002 @01:28AM from the if-a-eula-falls-in-the-forest dept.

gray code writes: "The Register is reporting that Microsoft has placed an interesting wrinkle in the EULA of WinXP SP1 and Win2k SP3 that asks for the same remote admin rights as the Windows Media Player patch that raised such an uproar. I think I'll be leaving my Win2k box at SP2, thank you very much." Update: 08/04 15:05 GMT by T : Helix150 writes that a separate EULA for W2K's SP3 "contains this nasty bit: 'You may not disclose the results of any benchmark test of the .NET Framework component of the OS Components to any third party without Microsoft's prior written approval.' Hmmm..."

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Re:Shit Ya! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-08-04 06:24 · Score: 1, Funny

> I have been here all along, i am part of what makes slashdot wether you like it or not.

Including the atrocious grammar and spelling
Oh the irony... by ameoba · 2002-08-04 07:24 · Score: 5, Funny

I just love slashdot's faithfulness to the cause. Right below a blatantly anti-MSFT article was a big Visual Studio.NET advertisement. I'm saving a screenshot of this.

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Re:And if they didn't? by Saxerman · 2002-08-04 08:16 · Score: 3, Funny

trust me, I am a mcse ;-)
Why hasn't this been modded up to funny as hell? I'm still laughing!

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