From: /m 

>  I presume the screws will get tighter as time goes by.

That's a given.  Microsoft backed off the Vista clampdown temporarily.
However, now the world knows the direction in which Microsoft is moving.
With the Vista clampdown, Microsoft turned the thumbscrews a mite too
quickly.  Future clampdowns will be slower, more subtle, and more
deliberate.

Just look how far Microsoft has turned the screws since Windows Prod cut
Deactivation was released five years ago. The trend is not going to
change...

The UserFriendly cartoon (link posted to technoids earlier today) says a lot....

 /m


On Sat, 4 Nov 2006 10:13:10 -0500, "Frank Haber"
 wrote:

>MS is starting to clamp down now on dubious Office 2003/2002 corp. keys.
>There's a mandatory WGA check to get templates, etc.  I presume the screws
>will get tighter as time goes by.  A couple of friends with enterprise
>responsibilities were semi forced into propagating a key change in their
>branch office (leaked key?).  They're still seeing laptops and irritated users
>drift by with the old key.   I think that's the story.  I'll ask whether the
>above is accurate, and whether anyone's been locked out of collaboration, etc.

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