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Posted by timothy on Sunday August 04, 2002 @09:28AM from the if-a-eula-falls-in-the-forest dept.

gray code writes: "The Register is reporting that Microsoft has placed an interesting wrinkle in the EULA of WinXP SP1 and Win2k SP3 that asks for the same remote admin rights as the Windows Media Player patch that raised such an uproar. I think I'll be leaving my Win2k box at SP2, thank you very much." Update: 08/04 15:05 GMT by T : Helix150 writes that a separate EULA for W2K's SP3 "contains this nasty bit: 'You may not disclose the results of any benchmark test of the .NET Framework component of the OS Components to any third party without Microsoft's prior written approval.' Hmmm..."

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Microsoft... (Score:2, Funny)

by eventhorizon5 ( 533026 ) writes: <ryan@thorTWAINyk.com minus author> on Sunday August 04, 2002 @09:32AM (#4007613) Homepage

Just block them (Microsoft) with your firewall. No more worries :)

Re:You have no choice (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday August 04, 2002 @10:57AM (#4007876)

Why would they need to screw your partner when they're already fucking you in the ass?

Re:You have no choice (Score:2, Funny)

by spektr ( 466069 ) writes: on Sunday August 04, 2002 @11:35AM (#4008001)

Why dont they just add the line "..and every microsoft employee may get to have sex with your partner"

Sounds like a plan! Couldn't we put this into the GPL and make it viral?

Re:Shit Ya! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday August 04, 2002 @02:24PM (#4008606)

> I have been here all along, i am part of what makes slashdot wether you like it or not.

Including the atrocious grammar and spelling

Oh the irony... (Score:5, Funny)

by ameoba ( 173803 ) writes: on Sunday August 04, 2002 @03:24PM (#4008830)

I just love slashdot's faithfulness to the cause. Right below a blatantly anti-MSFT article was a big Visual Studio.NET advertisement. I'm saving a screenshot of this.

Re:And if they didn't? (Score:3, Funny)

by Saxerman ( 253676 ) writes: on Sunday August 04, 2002 @04:16PM (#4008959) Homepage

trust me, I am a mcse ;-)
Why hasn't this been modded up to funny as hell? I'm still laughing!

Re:You have no choice (Score:2, Funny)

by guybarr ( 447727 ) writes: on Monday August 05, 2002 @05:53AM (#4010928)

I for one would introduce a sheep as my partner if some-one tried to enforce that..

Not a sheep. a porcupine.

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