Alias wrote:
> Enancer wrote:
>> I have 2 genuine Windows XP Professional CDs. I already installed
>> one of them some time ago. Now I bought a new PC and I wanted to
>> install the second license but I discovered it is in Portuguese
>> instead of English. Can I use the English CD (original) with the
>> Portuguese license
>> number?
>
> No, that would deprive Micro$oft of their ill gained profits and we
> don't want to do that, do we? Why don't you just install a real
> operating system like Ubuntu (http://www.ubuntu.com/) and not have to
> be subjected to Micro$oft's restrictions. It's FREE and comes with
> access to thousands of FREE programs. It doesn't need an anti virus
> program and you can install it on as many computers as you like with
> no worries about activation or becoming "genuine". Not only that, the
> CD you download can be installed in hundreds of languages.
>

Because he wants to use Windows. If he wanted to use Linux as a proper
accompaniment to a blow-up girlfried, he would be posting on a Linux
newsgroup.

To paraphrase Samuel Johnson: "Using Linux is like a dog raised up on its
hinder legs. It is not surprising that it does it poorly; what is surprising
is that it would want to do so at all."

But we understand why Linux users like to bash Microsoft: Eric Hoffer said
"A mass movement can exist without a god but it will always fail without a
devil. It must have something to hate."