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Article #1140Re: Windows 95 hoopla
From: Don Schmelling
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 17:45
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 17:45
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DonRawlins (donrawlins@aol.com) wrote:
: How can you "know the facts"?
:
: You could:
:
: A. Obtain a beta copy of Win95 and see how the registration process
: works.
:
: or
:
: B. Trust those who have.
:
: There has never been a release of Win95 that transmits system information
: to Microsoft without a user's consent. If you dispute this, please cite
: the specific build number used, the test(s) conducted, and the results so
: that they may be independently and scientifically verified.
:
: I've seen no such study. Microsoft has from day one published the precise
: details of how a proposed automated registration process will work. In
: one word, VOLUNTARY. Those are the facts.
I think it is certainly possible to to have code change between the beta and
1.0 versions. Why should I trust somebody that has used a beta version,
perhaps they know less than I. I think those are the facts as *you see them*.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!olympus.net!usenet From: dons@pamp005.olympus.net (Don Schmelling) Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.terminals.tty5620,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,alt.2600,alt.destroy.microsoft Subject: Re: Windows 95 hoopla Followup-To: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.terminals.tty5620,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,alt.2600,alt.destroy.microsoft Date: Wed, 16 Aug 95 10:45:34 PDT Organization: Internet for the Olympic Peninsula Distribution: inet Message-ID: <19950816.11262A0.9DD5@pamp005.olympus.net> References: <DD9srw.H3K@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au> <40ma1l$irh@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: papm013.olympus.net X-Newsreader: TIN [AMIGA 1.3 950726BETA PL0]