Umm, no. Most serious applications, require you to enter your own superuser passwords. A quick example is a vanilla install of an Informix Database. One of the first things the install does is ask you for an Admin password. If you don't specify one it, it sets a default, but if you accept this, it will throw an obvious warning screen informing you of your decision and asking you if you would like to proceed with this password. It is that simple. I've never installed SQL server before, so I cannont commment on its install procedure
Not that i support AOL, but I don't see why they shouldn't at least be able to protect the annoying sound bite for "You've got mail." As for protecting the actual verbage of "you've got mail, IM and buddy list" that is IMHO just another attempt at AOL's lawyers to get more billable hours and tie up the courts from doing anything productive. As for the whole IM hoopla, i thought that there had been sucessful cases for "Look and Feel" infringement befor (ala Microsoft and Apple).
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Umm, no. Most serious applications, require you to enter your own superuser passwords. A quick example is a vanilla install of an Informix Database. One of the first things the install does is ask you for an Admin password. If you don't specify one it, it sets a default, but if you accept this, it will throw an obvious warning screen informing you of your decision and asking you if you would like to proceed with this password. It is that simple. I've never installed SQL server before, so I cannont commment on its install procedure
Not that i support AOL, but I don't see why they shouldn't at least be able to protect the annoying sound bite for "You've got mail." As for protecting the actual verbage of "you've got mail, IM and buddy list" that is IMHO just another attempt at AOL's lawyers to get more billable hours and tie up the courts from doing anything productive. As for the whole IM hoopla, i thought that there had been sucessful cases for "Look and Feel" infringement befor (ala Microsoft and Apple).