Reply to dzomlija

( I made four attempts to reply to an earlier thread-
they did not go through)

dzomlija-

Your post is ludicrous. Did you even think your "argument"
through before you posted that drivel here? Obviously, not.

Actually, if Microsoft did what you suggest- Windows would die
an even quicker death... I guarantee you that.


-Michael

> I never mentioned pirates in my post at all. I said "WGA Sucks only for
> those for whom it has a negative impact".
>
> But you do have a point. And you want to know why WGA dosn't stop the
> pirates? If a system fails WGA, it does nothing much other than
> disabling some features and blocking access to all but the most critical
> updates. IMHO, Microsoft is too easy, and should strengthen their WGA
> policies.
>
> Heres my idea. If a system fails WGA, then it should be crippled
> entirely, not even getting past the initial boot phase. If you wanna
> bitch and moan about that, fine. But don't you think losing access to
> data and personal and/or business files would teach people not to use
> pirated software?
>
> If they then want to get it back, then they should purchase a proper
> license than contains code to regain access to their data.
>
> So before you say WGA sucks, or any one else out there agrees, just
> remmber one thing: There are those of us out here that believe in tough
> love. Piracy is the #1 reason why software is so expensive. I'll agree
> with ANY methods that Microsoft can come up with to stop piracy.
>dzomlija