| Problem was fixed & cries for WGA to be eliminated are .... ... nothing but the wishes of those who think all software should be free for the taking.
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I think it owes them a copy-protection scheme that doesn't uneccesarily inconvenience them, never accuses them of having pirated software when they don't, cannot disable functionality on a legimate copy of the operating system...
In other words, "We're sorry and it won't happen again" is not going to be an adequate response this time around. If Microsoft can't make WGA work, it needs to eliminate it. In other words, if the software isn't perfect 100% of the time it shouldn't exist at all. If the same theory applied to this blogger's postings, we would never have to see posts by him ever again.
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Ikarasu
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| Thinking like this, is kinda idiotic.
How long did it take crackers to get rid of WGA? Not even a week. The only people who suffered because of this outage, are the legit users. The ones who downloaded windows, completely DRM free, didnt suffer at all.
Of course, MS shouldn't eliminate all software protection. But ones such as this, that ONLY hurt their legit users, should be gone.
Go look up whats happening with Oblivion. They put in so much protection, that they have thousands of legit users unable to play, and in 24 hours, it was available online, without rootkits, without instalation limits - Again, the only people to suffer? those who spent the money for the product.
People who pay $300 for windows, and has problems like this, when theres no reason at all too, kind of have a right to complain. Why pay $300 for crippled software, when I can spend 20 mins downloading a fully functional version, that wont break? |
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The problem remains that activation systems such as this have the same blindingly obvious point of failure as the joke that is DRM. When something fails, it only negatively impacts those that have actually paid for the use of the product. Most of the people who knowingly crack said content are never going to be affected by these types of issues. |
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My copies are legit but all OEM so don't see the WGA problems.
However, if I paid for XP as a standalone, I would hope he would lose sleep too.
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| reply to Ikarasu
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How long did it take crackers to get rid of WGA? Not even a week. The only people who suffered because of this outage, are the legit users.
That's pretty much true of all copy protection schemes. The funny part about it is I think the Microsoft upon which their huge empire was built used to understand that. There wasn't any protection to speak of in Windows or Office prior to XP.
Now that there alternatives to Windows are more and more viable (Apple is gaining a lot of ground, and Linux continues to mature), they wait until NOW to put the screws down to pirates? To jack the price up really high on a full featured OS (Ultimate, the only one that suits my needs having both Remote Desktop and Media Center, where the old Media Center was just fine)?
It has never been popular to admit to being a fan of Microsoft, but I used to be one. But Microsoft's think tanks seem to on the wrong warpath lately and its sad to see. |
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Ormond Beach, FL | reply to fAcEtIOUs
said by fAcEtIOUs:... nothing but the wishes of those who think all software should be free for the taking. This post makes ME sleeeeepy.... |
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TCH, I bet you could post a lot more if you didn't actually have to type out your responses. Maybe you could just hit Reply and type "Hi." or something. We'll all assume the rest.
Or, consider this my official suggestion to the board that they implement you a nice, neat TCH-Reply button, with "TCH Posts Here" inserted. |
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TCH, what does the world look like when you can only see things in black and white?
Seriously, if you hadn't been doing this for a good five years, I'd think you were just a troll.
Do you have to get on a "string 'em up!" soapbox in EVERY thread?
It must be difficult to be so perfect and beyond reproach to the point where you can paint everyone else with such a broad brush. |
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Wrong game. You're thinking Bioshock.
Oblivion's only copy protection was a CD check, which is very easily bypassed for any reason at all. |
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