Comments on: As If WGA Wasn’t Enough! Welcome The New OGA… http://cybernetnews.com/as-if-wga-wasnt-enough-welcome-the-new-oga/ Technology News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:29:52 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Firefox Extension Guru's Blog http://cybernetnews.com/as-if-wga-wasnt-enough-welcome-the-new-oga/comment-page-1/#comment-30215 Firefox Extension Guru's Blog Sun, 29 Oct 2006 11:09:23 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/10/27/as-if-wga-wasnt-enough-welcome-the-new-oga/#comment-30215 <strong>As If WGA Wasn’t Enough!...</strong> Sometimes I wonder what the folks at Microsoft do all day. I am beginning to think they sit around and come up with new ways to piss off what few customers they have left. I am not a fan (as if anyone is) of Microsoft’s Windows Genuine Advantage... As If WGA Wasn’t Enough!…

Sometimes I wonder what the folks at Microsoft do all day. I am beginning to think they sit around and come up with new ways to piss off what few customers they have left. I am not a fan (as if anyone is) of Microsoft’s Windows Genuine Advantage…

]]> By: OldManDeath http://cybernetnews.com/as-if-wga-wasnt-enough-welcome-the-new-oga/comment-page-1/#comment-30096 OldManDeath Sun, 29 Oct 2006 03:45:21 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/10/27/as-if-wga-wasnt-enough-welcome-the-new-oga/#comment-30096 That is a good thing that Apple is keeping it simple. I do plan one day to own a Mac. That is a good thing that Apple is keeping it simple. I do plan one day to own a Mac.

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/as-if-wga-wasnt-enough-welcome-the-new-oga/comment-page-1/#comment-29973 Ryan Sat, 28 Oct 2006 19:11:34 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/10/27/as-if-wga-wasnt-enough-welcome-the-new-oga/#comment-29973 I currently don't own a Mac but I was talking to a Mac user the other day and was intrigued to hear that they don't even have any kind of activation system for the operating system. That means you could technically, not legally, install it on as many machines as you would like without worrying about not getting the latest updates. I give credit to Apple for keeping it simple. I currently don’t own a Mac but I was talking to a Mac user the other day and was intrigued to hear that they don’t even have any kind of activation system for the operating system. That means you could technically, not legally, install it on as many machines as you would like without worrying about not getting the latest updates. I give credit to Apple for keeping it simple.

]]> By: OldManDeath http://cybernetnews.com/as-if-wga-wasnt-enough-welcome-the-new-oga/comment-page-1/#comment-29968 OldManDeath Sat, 28 Oct 2006 18:21:30 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/10/27/as-if-wga-wasnt-enough-welcome-the-new-oga/#comment-29968 The only thing that sucks is that there really is no other OS to use for the mainstream user. Yes, you could run any one of the flavors of Linux or buy a MAC, or some other OS. However, unless you are using it for a specialized situation or just plain business use, you really have no choice. Windows is the defacto standard and what everyone writes the cool programs for. If they had just left well enough alone and did not add WGA, it would have been awesome. Now it is just a real decent OS. The only thing that sucks is that there really is no other OS to use for the mainstream user.

Yes, you could run any one of the flavors of Linux or buy a MAC, or some other OS. However, unless you are using it for a specialized situation or just plain business use, you really have no choice. Windows is the defacto standard and what everyone writes the cool programs for.

If they had just left well enough alone and did not add WGA, it would have been awesome. Now it is just a real decent OS.

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/as-if-wga-wasnt-enough-welcome-the-new-oga/comment-page-1/#comment-29781 Ryan Sat, 28 Oct 2006 07:01:41 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/10/27/as-if-wga-wasnt-enough-welcome-the-new-oga/#comment-29781 <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-29713">ffextensionguru wrote:</a><blockquote>What do these people at Microsoft do, sit around and think of new ways to piss off what few customers they have left.</blockquote></div> Well, to come up with ideas this good I think they would have to be standing up. I would have to imagine that the revenue from the reduction in piracy is far less than the cost for technical support on WGA/OGA. Maybe by the next version of Windows they may have realized that. Actually, by then we'll probably have to purchase a copy of Windows using our fingerprint and it will only bootup for us. That way if you want to transfer your license you would only have to cutoff your thumb...I guess that's about what it takes right now anyways. ffextensionguru wrote:
What do these people at Microsoft do, sit around and think of new ways to piss off what few customers they have left.

Well, to come up with ideas this good I think they would have to be standing up.

I would have to imagine that the revenue from the reduction in piracy is far less than the cost for technical support on WGA/OGA. Maybe by the next version of Windows they may have realized that.

Actually, by then we’ll probably have to purchase a copy of Windows using our fingerprint and it will only bootup for us. That way if you want to transfer your license you would only have to cutoff your thumb…I guess that’s about what it takes right now anyways.

]]> By: ffextensionguru http://cybernetnews.com/as-if-wga-wasnt-enough-welcome-the-new-oga/comment-page-1/#comment-29713 ffextensionguru Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:34:58 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/10/27/as-if-wga-wasnt-enough-welcome-the-new-oga/#comment-29713 What do these people at Microsoft do, sit around and think of new ways to piss off what few customers they have left. :twisted: :evil: What do these people at Microsoft do, sit around and think of new ways to piss off what few customers they have left. :twisted: :evil:

]]> By: OldManDeath http://cybernetnews.com/as-if-wga-wasnt-enough-welcome-the-new-oga/comment-page-1/#comment-29659 OldManDeath Fri, 27 Oct 2006 23:14:46 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/10/27/as-if-wga-wasnt-enough-welcome-the-new-oga/#comment-29659 Will Microsoft and the other big companies ever realize that they are fighting a losing battle? Sure they will stop a very small amount of people who pirate, but those are the less savvy people. Give it up already! Will Microsoft and the other big companies ever realize that they are fighting a losing battle? Sure they will stop a very small amount of people who pirate, but those are the less savvy people.

Give it up already!

]]> By: shirizaki http://cybernetnews.com/as-if-wga-wasnt-enough-welcome-the-new-oga/comment-page-1/#comment-29616 shirizaki Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:35:04 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2006/10/27/as-if-wga-wasnt-enough-welcome-the-new-oga/#comment-29616 ...and it will be constantly cracked like WGA was. Useless. Just another annoying thing to bug me >_> …and it will be constantly cracked like WGA was.

Useless. Just another annoying thing to bug me >_>

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