Sure, a corporation can get XP on a new box from Dell.
Because Dell licensed XP from Microsoft.
And part of the purchase price goes to MS.
But then that corporation has to pay MS for whatever license agreement that that corporation has with Microsoft.
And no, the license you just purchased with the new Dell computer cannot be transfered. You have to pay for a new one.
So, for one license, Microsoft gets paid twice.
Now, suppose you don't upgrade the OS on that computer for 3 years (a very common practice in the business world).
You'll have to renew the Microsoft license agreement and pay for that license AGAIN!
For the use of ONE license, you have to pay THREE times.
And that's just the OS. MS Office falls under the same practice.
MS isn't interested in the home market. They don't pay each year and they take up too much time in tech support calls.
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Addicted to Information?
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A person can have an obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
Such a person can be 'addicted' to just about anything.
The question is whether the substance is medically recognized as "addictive".
You can also replace "substance" with "activity" or whatever.
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You cannot get your binary into the main site without going through a social screening process.
.rpm based installations.
This allows more standardization than amongst the various
Standardization means fewer problems for the rest of the users.
But it means more work for the people developing the packages.
Let's be honest. If you don't follow the correct procedures in the beginning, anything you attempt afterwards will be a band-aid(tm).
Security is a process, not a line item.
Security requires more time be spent and more effort be expended than unsecure practices.
Right up to the point where someone or something happens to your systems.
Sure, a corporation can get XP on a new box from Dell. Because Dell licensed XP from Microsoft. And part of the purchase price goes to MS. But then that corporation has to pay MS for whatever license agreement that that corporation has with Microsoft. And no, the license you just purchased with the new Dell computer cannot be transfered. You have to pay for a new one. So, for one license, Microsoft gets paid twice. Now, suppose you don't upgrade the OS on that computer for 3 years (a very common practice in the business world). You'll have to renew the Microsoft license agreement and pay for that license AGAIN! For the use of ONE license, you have to pay THREE times. And that's just the OS. MS Office falls under the same practice. MS isn't interested in the home market. They don't pay each year and they take up too much time in tech support calls.
A person can have an obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. Such a person can be 'addicted' to just about anything. The question is whether the substance is medically recognized as "addictive". You can also replace "substance" with "activity" or whatever.