On Thu, 30 May 2002 0:02:05 EDT, Jeffrey Altman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
... snipt ... >Funny during the days after 9/11 I was using donated computers to >build a missing persons database in downtown manhattan. We were >scraping together anything would could get our hands on. Microsoft's >NY office donated several copies of Office XP. The problem was that >during the crisis there was no method by which the copies could be >registered. Therefore, after a small number of executions the >software came to a dead halt. Given the time pressures we were forced >to abandon the work that was done in Office XP. I grabbed an old copy >of Office 97 and used that instead since it didn't have the limits. Say 3/4ths of the world office use Microsoft software of one variety or another and they all need regular reloading for proper operation. Say a large aircraft full of fuel torches the place, some fanatical bunch of wackos nuke the place, or maybe, some demented engineering student lobs a home-made EMP device onto the lawn? What's the world gonna do when the master licensing borg croaks and nobody can (re)license their office equipment warez? Is this disaster recovery a Microsoft issue or a US Government national security issue? --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
