[oclug] (OT) back to DOS II

[Brad Barnett]

On 26 Aug 2002 08:22:09 -0400
Milan Budimirovic <milan.budimirovic at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> On Mon, 2002-08-26 at 08:07, Brad Barnett wrote:
> 
> > The bottom line is that Word97 has problems with WinXP because M$
> > wants it to have problems.  They want you to upgrade to OfficeXP.
> 
> Not for much longer. Microsoft will in effect be removing the "upgrade"
> option for the vast majority of its customers. 

You can still upgrade to OfficeXP, even if there isn't an OfficeXP upgrade
version. ;)  You just go out and buy a version of XP, and install it. 
There, you've upgraded.

> That's what this
> "activation" business is really about. Before, you could legally remove
> your current version of Office from your computer and install it on your
> new machine, and you could get a new version of Office at the "upgrade"
> price. That's being taken away because newer versions of Office are
> bound to your hardware.
> 

Yes, and what a wonderful boon for Linux.  However, before this happens I
think we're going to see some serious law suits up here.  Click through
licensing is going to die, I believe.

It was never really legal in the first place.