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Group: alt.certification.aplus · Group Profile
Author: John OJohn O Date: Mar 8, 2008 02:25
Ha-ha, that's funny. You might want to read up on your history of US
monopolies.
"Colin Barnhorst" comcast.net> wrote in message
news:2A5F9957-7A47-4586-A3EC-440E5DB02DD1@microsoft.com...> Toyota owns the rights to manufacture Toyotas. Is Toyata a monopoly?
> Microsoft owns the rights to Windows. Is MS a monopoly?
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> Microsoft does not own any rights to computing that prevents anyone to use
> whatever operating system he wants.
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> "John O" lottaspamheathkit.com> wrote in message
> news:RsbAj.8103$Mh2.2088@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com...>>
>> "smackedass" verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:ZxWzj.5590$W%%2.2213@trndny04...>>>
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>>>> This is ONLY the service pack, and it is "SP1a"
>>>
>>> What I meant was, as opposed to SP2. I have a bootable SP2 disk, but
>>> not the original, whatever you'd choose to call it.
>>>
>>> NOW, bear with me while I vent. I don't expect anyone to have any
>>> answers, but after dealing with this BS for the better part of a full
>>> day, I must scream:
>>>
>>> WHY doesn't Microsoft just make their software available for the
>>> download, no questions asked, and then have a logical, consistent,
>>> foolproof method of making people authenticate it and be unable to
>>> install it on more than one machine?
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>> One word: monopoly.
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>> -John O
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