Re:This won't last long at all
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In a reply to both of these things:
1)Microsoft is obviously going to argue that they aren't locking out other OS's, they have sufficiently covered their asses so that it isn't a blatant lock out, I'm not really sure, but I don't think that they can be prosecuted for "scaring end-users out of installing alternate OS's" They aren't really blicking them, just making it insanely difficult to do. If ever there was a good reason to get two drives...
2)The whole thing with DIVX was that it was a restrictive alternative to a largely accepted standard. By the time DIVX really came out, DVD was already on the rise. With DIVX, we had the option of skipping it and taking the much better DVD instead. With Windows it's exactly the opposite, it IS the accepted standard. And if you face the facts, the majority of those people who are buying PC's these days have, at the most, only a vague idea that there's anything other than windows. Because of this, they probably won't even notice or care about the license until one of a few things:a)They have some kind of problem, whther getting hit by a virus, or a disk falure, requiring a clean install b)They decide, hey, we have Windows already, and we need a new PC, why not get one without the OS? Not until then will we see any kind of response from the major populace.
Unless of course, we make them aware. I am personally going to inform as many people as possible of this MS bullshit. I'm trying to steer as many people away from Windows as possible. Whether it's Be, BSD, Linux, Mac OS or anything else, it doesn't matter. I*'ve been pushing macs a lot lately because OSX, simply put, is going to rock. And it doesn't suffer the UI problems that the various *nix's do.
In any case, this is just another example of Microsoft's complete disregard for customer relations. They are so used to their nice, cushy little monopoly that they think they can pull crap like this, it's insane.
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In a reply to both of these things:
1)Microsoft is obviously going to argue that they aren't locking out other OS's, they have sufficiently covered their asses so that it isn't a blatant lock out, I'm not really sure, but I don't think that they can be prosecuted for "scaring end-users out of installing alternate OS's" They aren't really blicking them, just making it insanely difficult to do. If ever there was a good reason to get two drives...
2)The whole thing with DIVX was that it was a restrictive alternative to a largely accepted standard. By the time DIVX really came out, DVD was already on the rise. With DIVX, we had the option of skipping it and taking the much better DVD instead. With Windows it's exactly the opposite, it IS the accepted standard. And if you face the facts, the majority of those people who are buying PC's these days have, at the most, only a vague idea that there's anything other than windows. Because of this, they probably won't even notice or care about the license until one of a few things:a)They have some kind of problem, whther getting hit by a virus, or a disk falure, requiring a clean install b)They decide, hey, we have Windows already, and we need a new PC, why not get one without the OS? Not until then will we see any kind of response from the major populace.
Unless of course, we make them aware. I am personally going to inform as many people as possible of this MS bullshit. I'm trying to steer as many people away from Windows as possible. Whether it's Be, BSD, Linux, Mac OS or anything else, it doesn't matter. I*'ve been pushing macs a lot lately because OSX, simply put, is going to rock. And it doesn't suffer the UI problems that the various *nix's do.
In any case, this is just another example of Microsoft's complete disregard for customer relations. They are so used to their nice, cushy little monopoly that they think they can pull crap like this, it's insane.