Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site water.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watnot!water!murlocker From: murlocker@water.UUCP (M. Urlocker) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Microsoft Access crashes disk Message-ID: <907@water.UUCP> Date: Thu, 10-Oct-85 19:46:51 EDT Article-I.D.: water.907 Posted: Thu Oct 10 19:46:51 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Oct-85 17:28:16 EDT References: <10566@ucbvax.ARPA> <9400003@uiucuxa> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 19 > > > ... > Ok, so everyone is mad at Microsoft for putting the "trashing hard disk" message... What about the rest of the message? While I'm against copy- protection in general because it's annoying and *doesn't prevent copying*, at least Microsoft's method allows you to put stuff on the hard disk and make backups. I think their attempt at a subtle reminder of the evil of software piracy is warrented. How many people who threatened legal action *don't* have pirated software? Do you really think a company worth as much as Microsoft would *really* put a worm in the code? I mean, I think they would have checked with *their* lawyers first... Microsoft's behaviour is fairly understandable. Especially since Gates was burned early by piracy of BASIC... mark