Who is affected by WPA and WGA? The people who buy from HP, Dell, etc?
No, because they are preactivated and pre WGAed and don't even know
about it. That's about 95 to 98% of computer users.

Who, then, does it affect? Hobbyists, because they usually build their
own computers and have to jump through the WPA and WGA hoops. Gates has
publicly written about his disdain for hobbyists.

Who does the average computer ask for help? A friend or family member
that's, you guessed it, a hobbyist.

Connect the dots if you can. Frank and the Nymshifter don't have to even
bother because they're too stupid to connect them.

Alias

Alias wrote:[color=blue]
> Who is affected by WPA and WGA? The people who buy from HP, Dell, etc?
> No, because they are preactivated and pre WGAed and don't even know
> about it. That's about 95 to 98% of computer users.
>
> Who, then, does it affect? Hobbyists, because they usually build their
> own computers and have to jump through the WPA and WGA hoops. Gates has
> publicly written about his disdain for hobbyists.[/color]

They don't have to jump through hoops to activate their machines. Activation is done
automatically. If there is a problem, they can make a 3 minute phone call to re-activate. If
they are legit, then no problem.
[color=blue]
>
> Who does the average computer ask for help? A friend or family member
> that's, you guessed it, a hobbyist.
>[/color]

In your "special" town, EVERYONE hates Microsoft and NOBODY uses Windows according to you.
Everyone in your town, the only town on the planet, uses Ubuntu.

Keep smoking that Hash and soon you will believe you get a REAL $14k a week! LOL.

[color=blue]
> Connect the dots if you can. Frank and the Nymshifter don't have to even
> bother because they're too stupid to connect them.
>[/color]

No go play with your Ubuntu. You know, the product that does not need activation. The free
product that has been free for years that 99.999% of the people reject as garbage.

Loser.

Frank wrote:[color=blue]
> Alias wrote:[color=green]
>> Bill Yanaire wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> [email]keepout******.com.invali[/email]d wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:45:49 -0700, Bill Yanaire <bill@yanaire.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> They don't have to jump through hoops to activate their machines.
>>>>> Activation is done automatically. If there is a problem, they can
>>>>> make a 3 minute phone call to re-activate. If they are legit, then
>>>>> no problem.
>>>>
>>>> You have obviously never had to activate via phone after a 'LEGIT'
>>>> copy goes
>>>> bad.
>>>
>>> Yes I have. They ask you if it is the only copy on one machine. If
>>> you say yes, they will activate it immediately. Done it many times
>>> over the years for other people and a couple times for myself.
>>>
>>> Not a big deal. I know for some, they can't handle it but they can't
>>> handle life so it's their problem.
>>>[/color]
>>
>> For you, to have to prove you bought something you know you bought is
>> "no big deal"? Would you submit to being activated and proving your
>> genuineness for every single thing you buy or would you only bend over
>> for Microsoft and other software companies?[/color]
>
> hehehe...more of your "dot connecting'?...LOL!
>[/color]

You weren't expected to be able to connect the dots and you met all
expectations in spades.

Alias

Alias wrote:[color=blue]
> Frank wrote:
>[color=green]
>>
>> Gates has[color=darkred]
>>> publicly written about his disdain for hobbyists.[/color]
>>
>> BULL****!!![color=darkred]
>>>[/color][/color]
>
> Eat this:
>
> [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Letter_to_Hobbyists[/url]
>
> Alias[/color]

Eat this you dumb ****!

"In the letter, Gates expressed frustration with most computer hobbyists
who were using his company's Altair BASIC software without having paid
for it. He asserted that such widespread unauthorized copying in effect
discourages developers from investing time and money into creating
quality software. He cited the unfairness of gaining the benefits of
software authors' time, effort, and capital, without paying that author
anything."

His disdain was/is with thieves, like you, who are stealing software.
Eat **** and die you ****ing THIEF!!!