WiNC, to borrow a line from the Bard, "Me thinks thou protest too much" >>No company has the right to put their clients at risk<< Well, let's how good M$ does at protecting its 'clients' Just THIS year I've read about about a dozen bug reports and 'security issues' involving M$ software, some of which could lead to you computer being hijacked and used in DOS attacks on some other system. Entire companies has been started and are devoted just to correcting and/or repairing the messes left behind by M$. Don't try to use that line on the users here, it don't wash. Maybe you're doing all this whining because you have a number of 'clients' of your own that you can't help since you can't get around the anti (casual) pirate security feature? >>What if CL closes?<< What if Gateway closes?, What if Dell closes?, What if someone goes ballistic at the crappy way M$ treats its customers and rams a 2 ton bomb into the headquarters and blows most of it into Puget Sound? What if someone breaks into your home and rips off your system? What if... What if... What if... QUIT LOOKING FOR TROUBLE!!WiNC, to borrow a line from the Bard, "Me thinks thou protest too much" >>No company has the right to put their clients at risk<< Well, let's how good M$ does at protecting its 'clients' Just THIS year I've read about about a dozen bug reports and 'security issues' involving M$ software, some of which could lead to you computer being hijacked and used in DOS attacks on some other system. Entire companies has been started and are devoted just to correcting and/or repairing the messes left behind by M$. Don't try to use that line on the users here, it don't wash. Maybe you're doing all this whining because you have a number of 'clients' of your own that you can't help since you can't get around the anti (casual) pirate security feature? >>What if CL closes?<< What if Gateway closes?, What if Dell closes?, What if someone goes ballistic at the crappy way M$ treats its customers and rams a 2 ton bomb into the headquarters and blows most of it into Puget Sound? What if someone breaks into your home and rips off your system? What if... What if... What if... QUIT LOOKING FOR TROUBLE!! All you bunch of whiners that have been raising a stink about CL's security code set up have already been, and are still subjected to much more intrusive stuff from M$ and anyone that says they don't have a choice in dealing with M$ is both a fool and a liar for there are ALWAYS choices. You don't like the way CL is protecting ITS property then DON'T BUY it! But don't go demanding that they take the locks off the door because it's inconvient. If you got to blame someone when you have to reinstall or reformat twice or more times a year then bitch out the idiots that wrote the frafggin' OS in the first place and don't take it out on a small company trying to protect their investment.

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