From: /m 

On Sun, 2 Jul 2006 14:31:28 -0400, "Geo"  wrote:

>"/m"  wrote in message
>news:33ofa296t8pmc8e3sf4rjadhau3ne33424{at}4ax.com...
>
>> 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).
>
>Notice how carefully they worded this, for users who refuse to install...
>what about the ones who don't refuse to install and it thinks they are
>pirated? Those are the ones it's going to disable because if you refuse to
>install then the kill switch isn't installed so how would they deactivate
>you. It's the ones who DID install that are going to be shut down.

Ahhh... an excellent point.  So Windows Product Deactivation (a.k.a.,
"cripple copies of Windows XP") lives on, in spite of Rich
Shupaks's denials.

 /m

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