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IP: MS to require mandatory registration for O2K
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 17:55:33 -0500
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 11:45:35 -0600 (CST) From: John Lyon <jelyon () suzie brick net> To: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu> Subject: MS to require mandatory registration for O2K May be of interest to IPers. entire article at: http://live.altavista.com/scripts/editorial.dll?efi=981&ei=1493097&ern=y Retail versions of Office 2000 will require a form of user registration -- or the software will disappear. Lisa Bowman 02/10/00 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- New users of Office 2000 will get a taste of Microsoft Corp.'s latest anti-piracy measure: forced registration. The company is inserting a new feature into an upcoming release of its word processing software that will cause the product to malfunction if a person doesn't register after launching it 50 times. Users of volume licenses, such as those working at big companies, won't have to register. The so-called Registration Wizard doesn't require users to give any more information than their country of origin, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) said. And they can register anonymously through fax, phone, e-mail or snail mail. ____________________________________ John Lyon, Proprietor and Impresario http://jelyon.com/rules John's rules for IT professionals
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