... in a completely sideways way. I'm a student at a university right now, and all on-campus residents have to use Cisco Clean Access to log in to the network to use the internet. This includes changes to your system, install their software, their antivirus, and doing everything they require of you. If you don't, the software detects the inconsistency and removes your internet access until it is remedied.
This software, needless to say, is a resource hog and has been found to be pretty unstable on Vista.
People complain. A lot.
As a Linux user, I am spared all this hassle. Linux machines can't run Cisco, and as such are given a free pass to log onto the network. Whenever someone is complaining about Cisco, I happily offer to install Ubuntu on their machine for them to try out. Our local Linux group does the same.
Keep on rockin, IT folks! You're doing an awesome job!
(Note that they, of course, do not support Linux. It scares them...)
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Frankly, I don't have any problem removing DRM and completely bypassing any sort of protection on software I buy. But there's the important part - software I buy. Downloading and installing software illegally does not help the situation at all, but I don't lose a moment of sleep circumventing everything that makes things difficult for legitimate users like myself, such as a 3-install limit.
See, I do go into the store and buy the candy bar, and pay a fair price for it. I just then proceed to do whatever I want with it, because I purchased it. Installing software multiple times falls under fair use law, the power of which is being usurped by DRM. DRM doesn't stop pirates, it only punishes those who use software legitimately.
But, to clarify, I do consider it wrong and an act of theft to somehow commandeer a copy of the game without paying for it.
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... in a completely sideways way. I'm a student at a university right now, and all on-campus residents have to use Cisco Clean Access to log in to the network to use the internet. This includes changes to your system, install their software, their antivirus, and doing everything they require of you. If you don't, the software detects the inconsistency and removes your internet access until it is remedied. This software, needless to say, is a resource hog and has been found to be pretty unstable on Vista. People complain. A lot. As a Linux user, I am spared all this hassle. Linux machines can't run Cisco, and as such are given a free pass to log onto the network. Whenever someone is complaining about Cisco, I happily offer to install Ubuntu on their machine for them to try out. Our local Linux group does the same. Keep on rockin, IT folks! You're doing an awesome job! (Note that they, of course, do not support Linux. It scares them...)
Frankly, I don't have any problem removing DRM and completely bypassing any sort of protection on software I buy. But there's the important part - software I buy. Downloading and installing software illegally does not help the situation at all, but I don't lose a moment of sleep circumventing everything that makes things difficult for legitimate users like myself, such as a 3-install limit.
See, I do go into the store and buy the candy bar, and pay a fair price for it. I just then proceed to do whatever I want with it, because I purchased it. Installing software multiple times falls under fair use law, the power of which is being usurped by DRM. DRM doesn't stop pirates, it only punishes those who use software legitimately.
But, to clarify, I do consider it wrong and an act of theft to somehow commandeer a copy of the game without paying for it.