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In article <40g80c$l0f@itsmail1.hamilton.edu>,
Joseph T. Malloy <jmalloy@itsmail1.hamilton.edu> wrote:
>If the average user couldn't care less whether Microsoft "sees" what
>they're running, who are you to decide they're wrong?  Just because *you*
>have an irrational fear of a pretty well accepted industry practice
>doesn't mean it's a bad thing to be given the *choice* to register
>electronically.  Come back and complain when you don't have any choice in
>the matter. 

I do not think there has been any actual polling to find out how the
average user feels about Microsoft scanning their system and uploading
the results.  In any case, the point being made was that the end-user
will not be the one answering the authorization question on the average
preloaded system.  I fail to see how you can refer to such an upload as
"a pretty well accepted industry practice" since this is the first operating
system to do so.  Given Microsoft's obvious lack of respect for the
intellectual property of others (Stac, Apple, etc.), fearing it is not
irrational.  The reason the confirmation is there is because Microsoft
had little choice once the uploading process became known.  You have a
choice because someone complained during the beta versions.

Max
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