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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (56900)	3/28/2001 3:39:53 PM
From: dybdahl	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

You will get used to the Windows XP copy protection scheme, especially for Windows XP, because if the license number is printed on a label on your computer, and you have an internet connection, it won't hassle you very much. The big difference between the current Windows versions and the new copy protection scheme is that piracy will be very hard, and people will pay or use alternatives. You won't test-install your OS on a separate harddisk just for testing any more. Either you go for the full-blown MSDN subscription (as a private use), or you just buy licenses enough to be able to play with it. A lot of people will find out that their current way of handling software is illegal, and I'm sure that some software budgets will rise for some reason. And I'm sure there will be many people who will try out new versions of Linux because they are free, but not new versions of Windows, because it will cost them. The short-term benefit to MSFT is that they will earn more money at places, where piracy has been usual. The long-term benefit will be that they can deliver software via the internet. My personal reason for not using Windows XP right away is simple: My primary machine only has 256MB RAM and I find it very slow with Windows 2000. Lars.