IP: P.S. -- Microsoft does it yet again

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 17:59:56 -0700
> To: farber () cis upenn edu, ip-sub-1 () admin listbox com
> From: an iper



> P.S. -- Right now, what Microsoft is doing -- remotely disabling
> software for which you've legitimately paid -- is of questionable
> legality. However, should UCITA be adopted by state governments, it
> would become legal.
>
> Coincidence? Maybe not. In a recent column, InfoWorld columnist Ed Foster
> pointed out that the lawyer who oversaw the drafting of UCITA just
> happens to have been employed by Microsoft. (See
> http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayNew.pl?/foster/991011ef.htm
> for more on this.)
>
> MCSE = Marginally Competent/Super-Expensive

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