From: "Gary Britt" 

Note the denial is that WGA will turn your computer "OFF".  It
doesn't deny that WGA will stop the operating system from working or
booting up or something only that it won't activate the "OFF"
switch.

You've already noted the consistent experience thingy.  This is a
non-denial denial in my opinion.

Gary

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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxon
omyName=software&articleId=9001559&taxonomyId=18
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> Microsoft Corp. today denied speculation that it plans to cripple copies
> of Windows XP for users who refuse to install its controversial
> antipiracy tool, Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA).
>
> But the software company confirmed that for its upcoming Windows Vista
> operating system, companies will be required to activate their software
> differently than they do today in order to prevent the leakage of volume
> licenses that are the source of most Windows piracy.
>
> A ZDNet.com blogger reported earlier in the week on a conversation
> between a Windows user and a Microsoft support staffer, who allegedly
> admitted that users who refused to install the WGA update would be given
> 30 days before their copies of Windows would stop working.
>
> ZDNet.com said that Microsoft refused to deny the report at the time.
> But later, Microsoft appeared to sing a different tune.
>
> "No, Microsoft antipiracy technologies cannot and will not turn off your
> computer," said a spokeswoman with Waggener Edstrom, Microsoft's public
> relations firm. "The game is changing for counterfeiters. In Windows
> Vista, we are making it notably harder and less appealing to use
> counterfeit software, and we will work to make that a consistent
> experience with older versions of Windows as well."...
> ===
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>
> Well, it looks like I may have to stop installing the security updates
> for my copies of Windows 2000.  I don't want a "consistent experience"
> with those poor people who are being rectumized by Microsoft's Windows
> Genuine Disadvantage.
>
> Odd, though, that Microsoft chose the PR firm to release this
> information, instead of a more official executive who would know
> Microsoft's real plans.  A spokeswoman with Waggener Edstrom would only
> know what she was told to say.
>
> I don't think we've seen the extent of the rectumization of Microsoft's
> Windows customers^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H victims, there's more to come....
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> /m

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