From: "Robert Comer" 

> 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.

Good point.

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

Maybe even a confirmation of what they're trying to deny.

--
Bob Comer


"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:44a7ebcb$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> 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
>
> "/m"  wrote in message
> news:33ofa296t8pmc8e3sf4rjadhau3ne33424{at}4ax.com...
>>
>>
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxo
nomyName=software&articleId=9001559&taxonomyId=18
>>
>> ===
>> 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."...
>> ===
>>
>>
>> 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....
>>
>> /m
>
>

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