Hello, Charles.

Replying to a message of Charles Scaglione to Sean Dennis:

 CS> You can purchase a multiple license version of XP Pro or if you have a 
 CS> MSN subscription - either way - no activation is required.  However, 
 CS> both purchases are expensive.

As you and I both know, there's plenty of ways around it.  I'm not
condoning piracy here, but I've seen on many a website programs and ways to
circumvent it.  Personally, I've used XP and think it's the worst piece of
crap to come out of MS since its inception.  I have W2K Professional here
for my Windows development.

 CS> Also - many OEMs (Dell, Gateway, Compaq, HP, etc.) pre-install XP Home 
 CS> and Pro and use a BIOS locking scheme.  With that method no
 CS> activation  is required, however, the OS can not be moved to another
 CS> type of  machine.

Luckily, I got my HP before Microsoft became Big Brother...

...but then again, that's why I use OS/2. ;)

Later,
Sean

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