On Thu, 30 May 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Thu, 30 May 2002 0:02:05 EDT, Jeffrey Altman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > The first pass at this I had a lot of crosstalk in the office and > mangled things, badly. One more time: > > Say 3/4ths of the world offices use Microsoft software of one variety or > another and these systems all need regular reloading for proper > operation. After reloading, you hook up with MS's computers in Redmond > to (re)license things. > > Say a large aircraft full of fuel torches the place (Microsoft's campus > in Redmond), 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? Certainly not a nsec issue. This is a personal problem for those who choose to buy products that have these design flaws. And no, I am not being "cute" - I am dead serious. Anyone who would put out their hard earned $$ for a product that is designed as XP is has the inevitable disaster "coming to them". Think back to what "copy protection" did to Ashton-Tate, then vote with your wallet and refuse to buy into the XP disaster-in-waiting. -- Yours, J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... -------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
