On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 09:21:51 -0800, "flan" <spellman@komdelx.biz>
wrote:

>Kyle Thomas Pope wrote:
>>
>> Windows Media Player 9
>>
>(Assorted url's snipped)
>>
>> WinXP Service Pack 1
>>
>(ditto)
>>
>> As you can see, it's quite true.
>>
>I see nothing of the kind.

I know you don't. Nonetheless there is no legitimate reason for any
software vendor to require you to give them administrator privileges
on your system in order to use their software. Especially if they are
going on about how security conscious they are.

>I see a lot of old news, re-packaged to scare
>people. What you refuse to understand is that you never have to let any
>application connect to Microsoft or anywhere else. I have Media Player 9
>and it has never connected to the net, MS or anywhere. Same with the help
>center and various services.

It wouldn't matter if you kept your computer sealed in a vault in the
middle of the Gobi desert. The fact remains that a EULA is a contract
whose terms you agree to when you install and use a piece of software.
And Microsoft requires you agree to leave your computer open to their
downloads. You are in violation of that agreement but you agreed to
abide by it when you loaded up and used the software. This isn't FUD.
The EULA of those two software packages are quite explicit in their
conditions. WMP 9 incorporates DRM features that it intents to force
down its users throats. WinXP SP1 incorporates security features
(Microsoft's security) that it fully intends to implement. It will be
interesting to see what the EULA for WinXP SP2 says.

>When you make a statement like, "WinXP
>requires contact with Microsoft to keep functioning", you show total
>ignorance of the subject. But, people believe what they want, whether about
>religion, politics, or XP. I'll say no more.

Wait until all those copies of WMP9 stop playing so-called "secure
content" and refuses to start playing them until the user goes on-line
and allow Microsoft's downloads into them.

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