1. Re: [OT] Win XP Activation ?
On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 01:39:53PM +0000, Al Getz wrote:
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> jc at cowgar.com wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Try www.astalavista.com ...
> > > Peek up a search engine ...
> > > There is a "patch" somewere ...
> > >
> > > It is all I can tell you in the limits of the law.
> > > ( Microsoft law ? ... )
> >
> > Fact of the matter is that when you buy software you do not own it. You
> > are licensed to use it. The person selling the software could place
> > restrictions into the license how ever they want. It would be perfectly
> > legal to say that you can only use the software, while your monitor is
> > turned off and mouse disconnected, and before use you must eat 5 eggs
> > with lettuce on top. However dumb that may sound, if that's the license,
> >
> > and you agree to it by purchasing the software, if you use the software
> > with your monitor on, or your mouse connected, or if you did not eat 5
> > eggs with lettuce on top you are in violation of the software license
> > and the licensing party has the right to disable the software and if
> > they desire, remove it from your computer.
> >
> > If you don't like the license, then you have a choice not to buy it.
> >
> > My XP license had to be activated, it did invalidate on my once when I
> > got tired of "Serious Security Hole found" news releases and decided to
> > split my 40g drive into two 20g, 1 for XP and the other for Linux. I had
> >
> > to call MS and tell them what I had did, and they then gave me a number
> > to re-activate my XP. I also snuck in a, this Linux is pretty cool, I
> > find myself using it more than XP, line 
> >
> > Jeremy
> >
> >
> Hello Jeremy,
>
> Recap:
> >If you don't like the license, then you have a choice not to buy it.
>
> Is that really true though?
> If you ask me, it's more like Microsoft has us all 'hooked' on
> their op sys, because it's compatible with other things and
> we've gotten used to using it now.
> If you have purchased hardware that is dependent on
> Windows, how do you operate it without Windows?
>
You might not be able to. That depends whether or not a driver exists for it.
(Note that, if you are willing to wait a few years, a driver will probably
pop up. Both my printer and modem were originally windows-only. They work
fine in Linux tho.)
>
> I'd dump MS software in a minute if i could find something
> that would take the place of what i need now...
> 1. decent Browser for the web
Mozilla or opera. Maybe Konqueror if you like KDE.
If you insist on IE, older versions will work w/ WINE, with varying levels of
functionality.
> 2. compatibility with scanner
That depends on which scanner you have. A lot of scanners have drivers for
Linux (usually writtten by someone who has the scanner but doest want to
install Windows to use it).
>
> Is it possible to get Linux (any version) to work with hardware
> like the scanner, and have a decent browser?
Yes.
>
> Heck, for the price of a decent windows upgrade i could buy
> a new scanner!
>
> Hmmm, maybe i should think about Linux a little more.
> I wonder what it would take to switch over from Windows,
> and how well it works these days?
Real problem w/ linux in the wworkplace is w/ MS Office compatibility.
OpenOffice
does a good job w/ working w/ Office files, and Codeweavers has a special
version of Wine just for using MS Office on Linux, if OpenOffice isnt
good enough for you.
>
> Take care for now,
> Al
>
jbrown
>
>
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