Hi all, We don't get ToI at our place & so I didn't know about it. But if that's what the ad says, then this is sick marketing. With all the secrecy maintained about their patches & SPs, Microsoft can readily insert a small code in any of these & simply observe whether the licence is valid or not as that machine connects to the Net. The point is, it's absolutely sick dragging children into things that the company can themselves get its hands dirtied of. And if they really can't do it without help from children, they should stop selling products & wind up their business.
I have lost whatever little faith I had in Microsoft as a company & people related to it. Regards, Viraj P.S.:- I wonder whether it's legal to make & release an ad such as this. On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 21:34:34 -0800 (PST), Devendra Laulkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Has anybody read Microsoft ad in today's (27th Dec) > TOI? > > It is asking children to go to Microsoft's homepage > and check if their 'papa' has got an 'licensed' > version of xp. Very very slick.... > > I wished somebody put up an advt. in tomorrows paper, > same place saying something like, "My dad uses Linux, > he is afree man" or words to that effect. Companies > like IBM can afford this. > > -Devendra. > > ===== > Personal blog : http://dengineer.blogspot.com/ > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Dress up your holiday email, Hollywood style. Learn more. > http://celebrity.mail.yahoo.com > -- > ______________________________________________________________________ > Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) > List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail > Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions. > -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
