<rant> Yes, they would. They would use cans and string as a communications device, if they thought they could get away with it. They'd use the original DivX disks that self-destruct after so many plays or time-limit reached. If they could remotely destroy PCs with pirated software, they would. If they can steal an idea or a piece of software from a small company, they will. They would and have knowingly sent out code that has not been stress-tested or checked for security flaws only to come back later and service pack it when they had time, after there was a major vulnerability found. Anyone that has actually read the EULA knows that their software is not necessarily fit for the task that they sell it for and that you may not be able to sue them if it breaks and you lose business. </rant>
-----Original Message----- From: On Behalf Of Leo Mauler Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 4:32 AM
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Apparently Microsoft felt that a DMF disk was more than adequate for "irreplaceable" software, especially given that they did not include any tools in Windows to create backup 1.680MB disks for their software (probably to curb software piracy).
I remember installing Windows95 and (pre-SE) Windows98 from these same 1.680MB floppies.
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"<snip> After all, would Microsoft use these disks to distribute its own software if they were unreliable?"
Ahhh, this kind of response is why I keep coming back here.
I recently got into a similar argument (taking your side, Brian) on another tech message forum. The pro-MS/anti-Linux crowd hijacked a thread discussing how to create a Linux Media Center PC and started shouting that Windows was a much better solution. When the pro-Linux crowd responded, they were met with statements like "well, it doesn't take long for the pro-Linux/anti-MS crowd to come out of the woodwork when anyone mentions Windows", forgetting that they were the ones who had "come out of the woodwork" at the mention of Linux.
When the thread became the pro-MS crowd engaging in crude swearing to "justify" their position (and someone even confessed to pirating Windows to make their Media Center PC), I left the discussion.
--- "Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO" [email protected] wrote:
<rant> Yes, they would. They would use cans and string as a communications device, if they thought they could get away with it. They'd use the original DivX disks that self-destruct after so many plays or time-limit reached. If they could remotely destroy PCs with pirated software, they would. If they can steal an idea or a piece of software from a small company, they will. They would and have knowingly sent out code that has not been stress-tested or checked for security flaws only to come back later and service pack it when they had time, after there was a major vulnerability found. Anyone that has actually read the EULA knows that their software is not necessarily fit for the task that they sell it for and that you may not be able to sue them if it breaks and you lose business. </rant>
-----Original Message----- From: On Behalf Of Leo Mauler Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 4:32 AM
"<snip> After all, would Microsoft use these disks to distribute its own software if they were unreliable?"
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