[Moon-net] Microsoft XP

[Conrad_G0RUZ]

I don't see that Microsoft are doing anything wrong here. If you have a
genuine version of XP then you will not have any problem, if you don't then
you will get the pop up. If you shop around XP is not that expensive,
personally I would rather pay the small amount and have hassle free
computing, I am not in the least bit interested in OS wars.

73

Conrad G0RUZ 

-----Original Message-----
From: Moon-net-bounces at list-serv.davidv.net
[mailto:Moon-net-bounces at list-serv.davidv.net] On Behalf Of Chris Bartram
Sent: 08 July 2006 11:30
To: Moon-net at list-serv.davidv.net
Subject: Re: [Moon-net] Microsoft XP

> Has anybody heard about "Microsoft" sending a notice out  and putting 
> a program on your computer that says "you may be a victim software 
> counterfeiting" This is what a star in the lower left hand screen next 
> to the time. There is also a screen that comes up and informs you that 
> you can fix this problem by getting a registered copy or paying them 
> $145 If this is the real deal than my XP system is a copy of  an 
> original. This might be the fact as I had the system XP put on the HD 
> by a computer  store (now
> closed) But if this is a real deal than Microsoft is and has been 
> spying on there software. It is not the real deal than there is a 
> virus or something new going around. I wonder if anybody else has heard
about this.

Apparently, Microsoft have been doing this for a couple of months - they
call it the 'Genuine Microsoft Advantage'!!

I started to move away from Microsoft operating systems about five years
ago, and although for work I still need to have a machine running XP, it
doesn't get connected to the Net! There's a learning curve involved in using
Linux or other Unix derived OSes, but it's much simpler to do than many
people think, there's plenty of good software available, and hardware
drivers are no longer the problem they used to be.

We have a small network here. The majority of machines run under Linux,
mainly OpenSuse10.0. I'm able to run most of the usual Windows amateur radio
software, such as I2PHD's Spectran, under WINE or it's commercial version
Crossover Office (CXO). I haven't tried the JT programmes under Linux, as my
main amateur radio activity is 10GHz EME, but I understand that there is a
Linux version is available. Incidentally, my wife, who needs to use MS Word
etc. in her work, runs that software very stably under Linux using CXO. 

Vy 73

Chris
GW4DGU

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