OT: Re: windows SUCKS!!!

[Jason Spatafore]

On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 15:11 -0700, keith smith wrote:
> 
> So if someone decides not to go with windows and use Linux, is there
> not a learning curve there also.
> 
> What about the cost of learning a new programming language every 6 to
> 10 years?  Is there a cost to that?
> 
> Writing and re-wringing software is there not a cost to that also?
> Writing an app for DOS then migrating it to Windows, then more
> windows... then making it web based or browser based.  What next?
> Doesn't this cost too?
> 
> What if we were still with DOS?  WOW most of us would not have a
> job.  
> 

Keith,

I respect your view here. But I must ask you...why are you comparing
apples to oranges? Activation has absolutely no bearing on making a
product better nor does it have a bearing on *advancing technology*. It
was implemented to *reduce costs* and has not done so. I made no attack
on progress...I made an attack on wastefulness. Windows Activation is
100% waste. (Much like any activation.) 

If people want to steal, they will steal your product. Windows XP SP3 is
on it's way out....$20.00 says pirates have activation disabled within a
week of release. Don't punish your users for the immorality of a few.