Slashdot on Microsoft licensing

[Peter van Heusden]

Slashdot.Org, the news/op-ed site for geeks, is running a story on the new
licensing scheme Micro$oft is using for Windows. The idea is, OEM are not
allowed to ship computers with a complete copy of Windows - they can only
ship a form which is tied to a particular piece of computer
hardware. A real advantage for Microsoft - they make the intangible (the
private property relation) tangible, enforcing the fact that they still
own the software you are using.

Read the full story:

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/06/08/0647212&mode=thread

Peter
P.S. unfortunately, not enough geeks know their Marx, else the recent
trend towards introspection (articles on ageism in the IT industry, the
increased reliance of geek lifestyle on temporary relations (short terms
contracts, rented accomodation, frequent relocation)) might have been a
bit more fruitful.
--
Peter van Heusden <pvh at egenetics.com>
NOTE: I do not speak for my employer, Electric Genetics
"Criticism has torn up the imaginary flowers from the chain not so that man 
shall wear the unadorned, bleak chain but so that he will shake off the chain 
and pluck the living flower." - Karl Marx, 1844