MS Activation: Don't These People Know About Open Source?
Isn't Microsoft's new thrust on activation kind of self-defeating in light of the predicted open source surge in 2005?
ZD Net analyst Ted Smith has some interesting coverage of where open source will go this year.
Meanwhile, MS -- in its great vision -- is striving mightly to retain those last few dollars (25-35%) that escape from people who want MS product. Today, they announced that activation of Windows XP will no longer be supported over the Internet.
Starting February 28, the company said, customers who want to re-install Windows XP would need to call a customer service representative to activate the operating system.
Don't these MS folks know about the real threat of open source to their revenue stream? As Kevin Bedell points out, "Non-technical executives will realize that their companies aren't using nearly as much Open Source as they should."
ZD Net analyst Ted Smith has some interesting coverage of where open source will go this year.
Meanwhile, MS -- in its great vision -- is striving mightly to retain those last few dollars (25-35%) that escape from people who want MS product. Today, they announced that activation of Windows XP will no longer be supported over the Internet.
Starting February 28, the company said, customers who want to re-install Windows XP would need to call a customer service representative to activate the operating system.
Don't these MS folks know about the real threat of open source to their revenue stream? As Kevin Bedell points out, "Non-technical executives will realize that their companies aren't using nearly as much Open Source as they should."
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