Re: Windows 95 hoopla

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From: Terri Bates
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 18:24

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>First of all, a registration process should only require me to send my name
>and the serial number of the copy if W95 I run in. NOTHING else is required
>for "registration" purposes. So all the other information beeing gathered
>has to be for other reasons. The only other thing I can think of that they need
>the information for, is when customers phone up Microsoft when something does 
>not work. But then, wasn't W95 plug and play??? Conclusion: they gather
>information for efficient marketing strategies and other purposes that we
>don't know about are are too dumb to imagine. Let's try anyways: if you know 
>what the average Joe-PC-user has on his desk you can customize your products 
>accordingly and sell more stuff.
>


You missed a cruicial fact about plug & play:

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From: Terri Bates <mouse@halcyon.com>
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Subject: Re: Windows 95 hoopla
Date: 17 Aug 1995 18:24:49 GMT
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