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To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (72159)	1/26/1999 4:21:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul, This discussion is starting to remind me of the Gary Larson cartoon where a man is talking rather verbosely to his dog, and all that the dog hears is "I want my INTC investment to appreciate" (or something like that.) Scumbria

To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (72159)	1/26/1999 4:46:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 186894

<You could also be REQUIRED to register for all software you purchase.> Paul, this isn't happening now, and the addition of the CPU ID isn't going to make this happen in the future. Remember the doom-n-gloom behind Microsoft's online registration of Windows 95? Well, its 1998, and Microsoft is no more of a Big Brother than before. Get real, Paul. The addition of a CPU ID is not going to force all of us into a requirement to register every piece of software that we use. And Microsoft, nor any other company who cares about its reputation, will be forcing consumers to register software because of it. If Microsoft really wanted to, they would force registration WITH OR WITHOUT the CPU ID. So once again, please tell us what Big Brother scenarios CANNOT take place without the addition of the CPU ID. None of the outspoken "Boycott Intel" people can adequately answer that question. Can you? Tenchusatsu

To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (72159)	1/26/1999 5:43:00 PM
From: Saturn V	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

< How does a computer ID change anything > When I made that comment I was referring to your comments about Big Brother in the work place in your post no 72147. I agree that some software vendors may attempt to use Computer ID numbers to thwart software piracy. However let me give you a historical precedent. In 1985-86 a Silicon Valley company sold an anti-piracy kit. It would allow five installations of the software from the floppy to the hard disk. That seemed like a reasonable copy protection scheme. A few major software vendors [ including Lotus ] began to use this approach. However the users revolted against the scheme, it was quickly dropped like a hot potato, and the company selling this copy protection scheme ceased to exist. So the moral is that unless the copy protection scheme is acceptable to the paying customers of the software, the copy protection scheme will fail. People can get into needless frenzy about Big Brother , but in reality people accept the risks of Big Brother. Someone used my Social Security No and filed for bankruptcy, which caused headaches for me. People have impersonated me and faked Loan Guarantees. But we all have to accept these risks. If I was paranoid I would be concerned about my Internet Service Provider knowing which sites I visit. I would be paranoid about the phone company having a record of every phone call I make. My car license plates are a dead give away. Anyone can request from DMV my name and address if they provide the license plate number. The truly concerned person would change the Internet Service Provider every week. He would not use the phone. He would get a different car every few months. He would change his house every year also. And when the Computer ID becomes operational, he would change his computer CPU every week. Since most people do not switch ISP, cars and houses to throw off Big Brother, they will not switch computer CPU either. [ Bad news for Intel <g> ]