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I understood your comment perfectly. Apparently you didn't understand mine. Microsoft has made absolutely no money off YOU by using WGA. Period. Nor will they in the future. Take a look at your checkbook - you won't seen any WGA fee paid. Nor did Bill use your credit card. Nor did he pilfer your petty cash. Nor is he panhandling for "donations".
Shelly stated it perfectly in his post #27, item 2. If in exercising their rights, they earn additional income, so be it. But as I said before, it won't be your money. Your an honest person - you already paid for your OS's.
But since you're an honest person, what I don't understand is your seeming willingness to protect petty thieves (software pirates) from paying for the OS as you, an honest person did. And by logical extension, it seems that you may actually condone software pirates having full, free access to all new updates, upgrades, and security protection for pirated MS software, just so Microsoft doesn't "make more money".
>I was merely answering his question. That's all I >did, and I tried to keep it in a humorous vein.
Really? I missed the humor, not to mention the relevance of your comment: "After all, Jim, why don't you volunteer to donate a few hours every week to work around Microsoft's office in Redmond for free, just to show your good will? Maybe empty waste baskets, water the lawn, etc. Why, I am sure that Bill would be grateful for the free labor. After all, he wants us to provide free security checks on our computers so M/Soft can make more money."
Jim.
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