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Article #603Re: Windows 95 testing halted at Motorola
From: Steve Withers
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 1995 12:18
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 1995 12:18
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In <adtDCuMxJ.8yq@netcom.com>, adt@netcom.com (Anthony D. Tribelli) writes: >sp@questor.org wrote: >: Motorola Canada Ltd. has issued a stern warning to its employees to stop >: testing Microsoft Corp's. new software system Windows 95... >: At the heart of the concern is the registration wizard, a high-tech gadget >: included with each test copy of Windows 95... > >I used the wizard once. It asked for permission and lets the user bail-out >and register nothing. It is optional. It is not required, there is a >postcard for conventional reqistration also. > >I'll attempt to preempt a long and useless thread: > > MS haters will say this is further evidence of the Great MS World > Domination Campaign. > > Some who have not used the wizard will ask what corrective action > they should perform to ensure their security. > > Other who have used the wizard will say it is not required, do not > use it if you are concerned. > >Tony How is tech support for Win95 going to be delivered? I had heard it would be via the MSN - and that in order to get help, you would have to use the wizard.................... Is this true? If it is - (I don't know) - then there may not be as much choice as you claim...... Steve |---------------------------------------------------------------- | Steve Withers - Wellington, New Zealand | sbwnz@ibm.net / swithers@vnet.ibm.com | Brought to you by OS/2 Warp v3.0 and the IBM Internet Connection | Apocalypse Computing: "I love the smell of Warp in the morning." |----------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!news-m01.ny.us.ibm.net!usenet From: sbwwgtn@ibm.net (Steve Withers) Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.terminals.tty5620,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600,alt.destroy.microsoft Subject: Re: Windows 95 testing halted at Motorola Date: 6 Aug 1995 12:18:37 GMT Distribution: inet Message-ID: <402but$226j@news-s02.ny.us.ibm.net> References: <4006km$4os@questor.org> <adtDCuMxJ.8yq@netcom.com> Reply-To: sbwnz@ibm.net (Use This One!) NNTP-Posting-Host: slip174-205.wl.nz.ibm.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2