Author: pete stein
Date: 10:57:27 08/13/01
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On August 13, 2001 at 12:38:22, pete stein wrote: >According to a recent press release at http://www.cnet.com : http://www.cnet.com/software/0-8888-6-6011.html?tag=st.sw.429669.more.429667-6-6013 >M$i 's plans for future versions of Windoze : > >Programmers and software producers will be required to buy a "Compatibility >Licence" to release software that is compatible with the next Windows OS and in >return they will get an official "Retrieving Licence" to justify their >recovering of the extra expenditures from the end users. When buying a (e,g. >Fritz) CD the end user will then be required to order (and pay) Microsoft's >"Activation Licence" of that CD >in order to run purchased software. >The Double-Deck CD-rom will become the standard, Microsoft reports, because >Windows will only run with the CD in the drive because of the copy protection. >There are also plans to "manifest" IExplorer, it means to ban other web browsers >and access to the net will only be possible through the Microsoft servers in >order to trace "Unregistered licence-users" > >Boy, am I happy I migrated to Linux! > >Pete
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