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   #1. Posted at 11:29 AM on Nov 20th 2006 Edit   Reply
Jigar
Crackers do have some thing to say on this :-) I guess we know the answer.
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#1, yeah ... screw them bitches; if I pay for something I want i...  :  mad dog  (#40)  «

   #14. Posted at 12:45 PM on Nov 20th 2006 Edit   Reply
Chaos-Storm
Is any of this stuff actually going to stop pirates?
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#14, No It's more likely to discomfort legitimate users and stop ...  :  Thresher  (#17)  «
#17, I think it will stop piracy of these products on a real, ...  :  indeego  (#30)  «
#30, I think the fact that the $149 home and student versio...  :  Wajo  (#33)  «
#33, Yes, $149 seems quite reasonable to me, I'm glad th...  :  Anomymous Gerbil  (#34)  «
#30, I'm sure the pirates see this as a challenge, and comp...  :  d2brothe  (#36)  «
#36, CHallenge, shmallenge. I don't see SSL being cracke...  :  indeego  (#38)  «
#38, Maybe, I'm sure online tools are much harder to ...  :  d2brothe  (#39)  «
#17, If by "sharing" you mean piracy, then yes.  :  Vrock  (#35)  «

   #9. Posted at 12:22 PM on Nov 20th 2006 Edit   Reply
PerfectCr
I am still running Office 2002 (Student Ed.). Remind me why I need Office 07?
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#9, Save as PDF is one good reason.  :  NotParker  (#11)  «
#11, Well, you can download a pdf printer for free. So to answ...  :  rxc6  (#16)  «
#9, http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA101650321033.aspx ht...  :  NotParker  (#18)  «
#18, Reason 1 Spend more time writing and less time formatting...  :  indeego  (#21)  «
#21, "Sorry. Not Sold." Of course not. You left out a whole ...  :  NotParker  (#25)  «
#25, I'm not gonna argue which is better, because clearl...  :  d2brothe  (#26)  «
#26, Hey students aren't the only ones who are cheap....  :  indeego  (#28)  «
#28, Heh...I certainly agree with you on that, and...  :  d2brothe  (#37)  «
#25, I downloaded the RC, I admit it was pretty, but I e...  :  indeego  (#27)  «

   #32. Posted at 08:32 PM on Nov 20th 2006 Edit   Reply
WebHobbit
And the Office Vista version that was recently "leaked" to warez groups was the enterprise edition which is PRE- ACTIVATED. So this measure won't stop pirates at all.
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   #31. Posted at 07:39 PM on Nov 20th 2006 Edit   Reply
Hattig
Seems the logical answer is to never restart Office once you've opened it.

Which means I guess every Vista update will require a reboot once installed, just to force application restarts until you hit that magic 25 number.

I don't see the problem myself, if the software is valuable to you, then pay for it, or find an alternative that is equally useful.
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   #29. Posted at 05:07 PM on Nov 20th 2006 Edit   Reply
cass
Open Office, Corel Office X3, Thunderbird, Firefox, Opera, Linux, Debian, Knoppix, and Foxit... Fortunately I get by without dealing with MS a whole lot. I don't have buy one instance of MS office products and it rarely sees any acthion and will not be upgraded. If I could wean my professional apps from XP I would be done.
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   #23. Posted at 02:06 PM on Nov 20th 2006 Edit   Reply
lex-ington
I am having a grand time with OpenOffice. No lockdowns there!!
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#23, mmmmm Freeness  :  VTOL  (#24)  «

   #22. Posted at 01:53 PM on Nov 20th 2006 Edit   Reply
AGerbilWithAFootInTheGrav
excellent!
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# I am withyou on that ... i can reformat my machine every mon...  :  Jigar  (#4)  «
#4, 3 days, not 30 :P  :  Shintai  (#7)  «
# There is no unlimited keys (VLK) in Vista, there is...  :  Shintai  (#10)  «
# 3 days if you install without a key, 30 days ...  :  Shintai  (#15)  «

   #2. Posted at 11:31 AM on Nov 20th 2006 Edit   Reply
Shintai
Vista needs to be activated within 3 days! (Atleast all those I seen and got). And can be installed without a key.

Anyway, MS is actually nice, since you can still somewhat use it. Any other would give you the middlefinger and exit right away :p
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#2, Agree, shareware has been doing worse than this for ages. Al...  :  d2brothe  (#6)  «

   #5. Posted at 11:45 AM on Nov 20th 2006 Edit   Reply
Norphy
Correct me if I'm wrong but Office (for OEM and retail versions at least) has been doing this since Office XP. That was released four years ago.
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