Something that I heard about the new XP product from Microsoft is that it will not install unless you call Microsoft and give them your credit card number.
They are taking the leasing approach that car dealerships use: lease the car for a lot less money than buying, but you have to maintain it. I guess Microsoft is expecting the computers CMOS batter to be changed every 3000th login.
Why does Microsoft continue to do things that are so shrewd, and yet the customer base is still unaffected by it. There will be another Midnight Madness sale on the day XP is released, and another billion dollars in the pocket of Micro$oft.
I am going to learn Linux, forward and backward, and just have Windows 98 for some games. Unless Microsoft changes their stance on the purchasing of XP, I won’t be leasing my computer any time soon.
(Do they offer a 3 year/30,000 login maintenance contract along with the lease?)
