"My point is everyone needs an operating system, not everyone needs software like this. Sometimes you run across much worse than the OS protection you're having a problem with."
Just because you run across much worse doesn't make me think it is any better.
"MS may not stop it with "activation" but evidently in their eyes it's a start."
In their eyes its a good start - in our eyes its a bad one. Hence the reason people are discussing WinXP in the first place. Whether Microsoft thinks it is a good start or not is moot. Microsoft thinks you need a wizard to perform every task, everything should begin with "My", and that multitasking means your OS gets hung when one of the applications gets hung (happens even in NT - still can't compete with Unix). I could care less what Microsoft thinks, only what they deliver.
"Unless you have a crystal ball you don't know what's going to fail or succeed."
I don't need a crystal ball to see that they are going to fail at protecting against software piracy. I am glad you didn't disagree that even if they succeeded most people would take a second look at Linux after realizing they are going to have to pay for trash.
Just because you run across much worse doesn't make me think it is any better.
"MS may not stop it with "activation" but evidently in their eyes it's a start."
In their eyes its a good start - in our eyes its a bad one. Hence the reason people are discussing WinXP in the first place. Whether Microsoft thinks it is a good start or not is moot. Microsoft thinks you need a wizard to perform every task, everything should begin with "My", and that multitasking means your OS gets hung when one of the applications gets hung (happens even in NT - still can't compete with Unix). I could care less what Microsoft thinks, only what they deliver.
"Unless you have a crystal ball you don't know what's going to fail or succeed."
I don't need a crystal ball to see that they are going to fail at protecting against software piracy. I am glad you didn't disagree that even if they succeeded most people would take a second look at Linux after realizing they are going to have to pay for trash.