Microsoft Runs Out of Win XP Family Licenses
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An interesting and kinda amusing article. cheers, Chris Maunder
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An interesting and kinda amusing article. cheers, Chris Maunder
The simple fact is, you can change up to six components without any issues, he says. "If you stick a new hard drive in, it doesn't impact anything." six???? great! LOL Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org Nish is a BIG fan of Goran Ivanisevic
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An interesting and kinda amusing article. cheers, Chris Maunder
:confused: that is just odd. We are flying towards a digital world with Microsoft *normally* at the forefront trying to get this whole paperless-world idea off the ground and yet they can't make more licenses because they have to print some paper licenses? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That is ludicrous! I really wonder if that is the real problem behind this issue... maybe something else has gone wrong (like a field limit to the license key) or something. Surely if their reason is valid they can just assign the license keys and then catch up the printing in the coming months? Something is not right... regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge
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:confused: that is just odd. We are flying towards a digital world with Microsoft *normally* at the forefront trying to get this whole paperless-world idea off the ground and yet they can't make more licenses because they have to print some paper licenses? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That is ludicrous! I really wonder if that is the real problem behind this issue... maybe something else has gone wrong (like a field limit to the license key) or something. Surely if their reason is valid they can just assign the license keys and then catch up the printing in the coming months? Something is not right... regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge
My bet that there isn't any other reason than bureaucracy and bookkeeping. Front line people aren't just allowed to pull new #s out of the their ass. The have get them from a database. Now as far as why the database has to wait on the printing, your guess is a good as mine. That doesn't sound right. Tim Smith Descartes Systems Sciences, Inc.
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:confused: that is just odd. We are flying towards a digital world with Microsoft *normally* at the forefront trying to get this whole paperless-world idea off the ground and yet they can't make more licenses because they have to print some paper licenses? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That is ludicrous! I really wonder if that is the real problem behind this issue... maybe something else has gone wrong (like a field limit to the license key) or something. Surely if their reason is valid they can just assign the license keys and then catch up the printing in the coming months? Something is not right... regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge
Paul Watson wrote: they can't make more licenses because they have to print some paper licenses? Actually M$ are analy retentive about your being unable to legally sell software without that piece of paper. Why ? Because it's a useless pamphlet that a lot of people throw out with the advertising material that comes in the box. Christian After all, there's nothing wrong with an elite as long as I'm allowed to be part of it!! - Mike Burston Oct 23, 2001
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:confused: that is just odd. We are flying towards a digital world with Microsoft *normally* at the forefront trying to get this whole paperless-world idea off the ground and yet they can't make more licenses because they have to print some paper licenses? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That is ludicrous! I really wonder if that is the real problem behind this issue... maybe something else has gone wrong (like a field limit to the license key) or something. Surely if their reason is valid they can just assign the license keys and then catch up the printing in the coming months? Something is not right... regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge
Paul Watson wrote: Something is not right... Yeah, the first time I heard about this I figured it was a load of BS. Quote from http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=605479 "If you bought a full version of the software for $199, a second license will run you about $189. Croft admits the price cut isn't a large savings for consumers, but he says it essentially reflects the fact that Microsoft doesn't have to produce another disc. For buyers, "it's partly a convenience, partly a price break," he says." I'm guessing that there isn't much interest in buying multiple copies of XP for your home PCs just because you can get a few bucks off (a whole 5% :omg: :rolleyes: ), and rather than come out and tell us that nobody is interested (and how that negatively reflects on product activation) they just pretend that they 'ran out'. My common sense would have to run out before I believed that. Error 14M3: Unable to copy file, bit supply depleted. Please refill bit reservoir.
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Paul Watson wrote: Something is not right... Yeah, the first time I heard about this I figured it was a load of BS. Quote from http://www.techinformer.com/go.cgi?id=605479 "If you bought a full version of the software for $199, a second license will run you about $189. Croft admits the price cut isn't a large savings for consumers, but he says it essentially reflects the fact that Microsoft doesn't have to produce another disc. For buyers, "it's partly a convenience, partly a price break," he says." I'm guessing that there isn't much interest in buying multiple copies of XP for your home PCs just because you can get a few bucks off (a whole 5% :omg: :rolleyes: ), and rather than come out and tell us that nobody is interested (and how that negatively reflects on product activation) they just pretend that they 'ran out'. My common sense would have to run out before I believed that. Error 14M3: Unable to copy file, bit supply depleted. Please refill bit reservoir.
Daniel Ferguson wrote: I'm guessing that there isn't much interest in buying multiple copies of XP for your home PCs just because you can get a few bucks off (a whole 5% ), and rather than come out and tell us that nobody is interested (and how that negatively reflects on product activation) they just pretend that they 'ran out' Aha! That is the conspiracy theory thinking I was talking about! :-D I really cannot see how sales of Windows XP off the shelves is so bad yet they run out of licenses for the discounted version. Remember to buy one of those discounted versions you need to have already purchased a full-price version (gimmick box and all). So you would expect that the full-price version has sales in excess or at least very close to the discounted version. You may have something there Daniel! :) regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge
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:confused: that is just odd. We are flying towards a digital world with Microsoft *normally* at the forefront trying to get this whole paperless-world idea off the ground and yet they can't make more licenses because they have to print some paper licenses? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: That is ludicrous! I really wonder if that is the real problem behind this issue... maybe something else has gone wrong (like a field limit to the license key) or something. Surely if their reason is valid they can just assign the license keys and then catch up the printing in the coming months? Something is not right... regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge
"Isn't that cute! You ran out of licenses. You're a good little product, yes you are. Everyone likes you. Uh huh. Yes they do, yes they do. Baa baa boo boo gaa gaa. Now smile for the news photographer." This is just an ploy to get free advertising.