From: "Thees Peereboom" 

Geo,

Like any other big company if between the available answers there's none
that fits your needs, you come up with a new answer and pretend that
clients have asked a related question. Isn't WGA the result of all those
users that have asked MSFT for better protection or corporate BS alike?

- Thees Peereboom

On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:53:37 +0200, Geo  wrote:

> "Thees Peereboom"  wrote in message
> news:op.tdcbf1ii2hvhrx{at}jansons...
>
>
>> MSFT is in their right, of course, to protect their interests. But the
>> question is whether their chosen way will prove to be the right one and
>> not an enourmous boost for the use of Linux/BSD. If you borrow $1000
>> from
>> the bank and you can't repay, you have a problem. If you borrow 100
>> million from the bank and you can't repay, the bank has a problem.
>
> This is the point I've tried to make to MS folks over and over again
> with no
> success. Given the choice would you rather see 100 million new linux
> users
> or would you rather those 100 million users pirated windows? The answer I
> always get is that they want those 100 million users to pay for windows
> but
> they don't seem to understand that isn't the choice.
>
> Geo.
>
>



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