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Microsoft Backs Down on Windows 2000 EULA

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the step-in-the-right-direction dept.

nachoboy writes "After the fiasco surrounding the overly intrusive EULA for Windows 2000 SP3, it seems Microsoft has backed down a bit with the upcoming release of SP4. The section concerning automatic updates now states simply "You consent to the operation of these features, unless you choose to switch them off or not use them." The EULA then proceeds to list the five services liable to connect to the internet without explicit confirmation. A reference copy of the SP4 EULA may be found here. We can only hope for a similar move with Windows XP."

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  1. Re:Too little, too late... by jkrise · · Score: 0, Troll

    I agree. If it took 2 years and more for your firm to decide that MS WinXYZ is full of security holes and take alternative steps, there's little that can be done.

    Microsoft products cost a lot to _acquire_ as well as to _maintain_. Even if you started now, you'd still be saving your dollars in the long run.

    You might actually save the remaining 35% from getting Slammed all over again.

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    If you keep throwing chairs, one day you'll break windows....
  2. Re:As if the EULA mattered by jkrise · · Score: 0, Troll

    Considering the hundreds of MS shills astro-turfing over here and modding every sensible post to oblivion as either Troll/ Flamebait, it's pretty silly to think a EULA change means anything.

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    If you keep throwing chairs, one day you'll break windows....
  3. Re:Too little, too late... by Politburo · · Score: 0, Troll

    Let me simplify your logic a bit.

    "I don't like Windows."
    "I am so smart."
    Therefore, "Windows is flawed."
    QED

  4. Go laziness! by I+Like+Humorix · · Score: 0, Troll

    Laziness prevails- I didn't install Windoze XP SP1!
    Micro$oft should really release a version of the service pack for Windows 2000 for Windoze XP.
    P.S Plz excuse the N00b (me), this is my firstever Slashdot post.