From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,92c39a3be0a7f17d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-11 22:38:14 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.stealth.net!204.127.161.2.MISMATCH!wn2feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc51.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3C16FB82.4C243BB3@attbi.com> From: Mark Biggar X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en]C-{C-UDP; EBM-SONY1} (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Future with Ada References: <9v57u1$mfb$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3C163AAB.1C8EEA69@san.rr.com> <9v5et8$pfd$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3C16B720.AB523493@adaworks.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 06:38:14 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.127.202.215 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: rwcrnsc51 1008139094 204.127.202.215 (Wed, 12 Dec 2001 06:38:14 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 06:38:14 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17817 Date: 2001-12-12T06:38:14+00:00 List-Id: Larry Kilgallen wrote: > > In article <3C16B720.AB523493@adaworks.com>, Richard Riehle writes: > > > This is the very business practice that will ultimately doom the Microsoft > > product line. We are entering a new era of software in which interoperability > > is going to become more and more important. I believe the entire XP > > business plan is going to backfire on MS and users are going to be looking > > for alternatives. The XP model for doing business has turned the consumer > > into the enemy, treats customers as if they are criminals, and accrues no > > benefit to anyone who chooses to adopt it. > > What is the XP business plan ? > > Do you mean software enforcement of licenses ? > > We have had that for years on other platforms. No, he means things like swapping out your floppy drive for a second battery pack on your laptop and having XP decide that it's running on a different computer and locking up until you spend 2 hrs on the phone to MS help to get a new license key. This can happen if you change anything about your hardware configuration, add memory, upgrade your sound or video card, add a NIC card for your new DSL line, etc. -- Mark Biggar mark.a.biggar@attbi.com