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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: Future with Ada
Date: 12 Dec 2001 04:53:43 -0600
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In article <3C16FB82.4C243BB3@attbi.com>, Mark Biggar <mark.a.biggar@attbi.com> writes:
> Larry Kilgallen wrote:

>> What is the XP business plan ?
>> 
>> Do you mean software enforcement of licenses ?

> 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.

I supposed it depends on your lifestyle.  I have lots of computers
(typically not Windows) and it is a rare year I would make such a
configuration change aside from on an external SCSI chain.  But then
I am not a hardware person.