RE: [OT] Win XP Activation ?
Hi,
You should really try Linux. Really, Microsoft is a
pain in the butt with its nonsense policies and
restrictions. Linux is not perfect in hardware support
but it is getting there. There are a whole lot of
applications that linux has that can satisfy almost
every need of a person switching from windows. As
rgards your scanner, you should check out the sane
project to see whether your scanner is supported. I am
now using Mozilla on Debian Linux to type this.
The sane project is located at:
http://www.mostang.com/sane/
Do let me know if you need any help on Linx. I will do
my best.
Thanks and Regards,
Michael.
LINUX RULES!!!
--- Al Getz <Xaxo at aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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?
>
>
> 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
> 2. compatibility with scanner
>
> Is it possible to get Linux (any version) to work
> with hardware
> like the scanner, and have a decent browser?
>
> 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?
>
> Take care for now,
> Al
>
>
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