RE: [dvd-discuss]2600 DROPS DECSS APPEAL

[microlenz(at)earthlink.net]

On 5 Jul 2002 at 15:44, Glendon M. Gross wrote:

From:           	"Glendon M. Gross" <gross@xinetd.ath.cx>
To:             	<dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu>
Subject:        	RE: [dvd-discuss]2600 DROPS DECSS APPEAL
Date sent:      	Fri, 5 Jul 2002 15:44:14 -0700
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> It all seems like very thinly disguised marketing.  The reality is that
> there are very few benefits of upgrading, and
> in inverse proportion to the utility of upgrading, goes the hostility of
> Microsoft's  Anti-piracy mail. 

I had to upgrade to Office97 and later 2000 at work because everybody else did. 
Personally, I find that Office 95 is a much better product (which is what I 
have at home now...if Office2000 could only be set to save as 95 by default It 
would be easier.) and since that's what MS uses internally I suspect you are 
right - it's all marketting but also a veiled threat.

> So in reality what you have is a dying
> monopoly desperately grasping for revenue in a last ditch attempt to stay
> alive... 

THere don't seem to be any signs that it's dying quite yet...although one does 
not want to stand next to a beached whale lest it roll over in its death 
throws.

>this is the legacy
> of Bill Gates' contribution to "intellectual property rights."  I suspect
> that the DMCA is largely funded by the same monopoly.
> 

Actually No but I'm certain he'd love to add what he can from the DMCA to the 
EULA
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> 
> You're lucky. At least you don't have the fascist MIS police telling you "we
> don't support any of those DOS applications [as if they EVER truly did] and the
> only thing we support is Windows2000[which they haven't a clue about],
> Office2000..blah blah blah..."
> 
> On 5 Jul 2002 at 11:24, Ronald Austin wrote:
> 
> From:           	Ronald Austin <ronald@caprock-spur.com>
> To:             	dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> Subject:        	Re: [dvd-discuss]2600 DROPS DECSS APPEAL
> Date sent:      	Fri, 5 Jul 2002 11:24:20 -0400
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> 
> > On Thursday 04 July 2002 12:09 pm, you wrote:
> > > Jeremy Erwin wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Dear [small business owner],
> > >
> > > If you own any Microsoft products, then I strongly recommend that you
> take a
> > > few minutes to read this letter.
> >
> > <Snip>
> >
> >      I haven't gotten one of these yet, but I got one like it about 3 mos.
> ago.
> > They will sure be disappointed to find that the only MS OS running around
> here
> > is DOS 5.? on an old 486 used as a cash register. My original floppys have
> died
> > a long time ago and I no longer have the recipt..  Do you think they will
> fine
> > me for using an OS thats no longer supported? ;-)
> >      I have thought about changing it to DR-DOS but  since it works just
> fine I
> > have just left it the way it is. It's been sitting under the counter since
> 1991
> > and I am almost afraid to move it.
> >
> >
> > Ronald
> 
> 
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