[WriteLog] Operating system

[gbaron]

Yes it is an issue but with WIN2000 there is no ENFORCED by the OS way to
prevent him form loading it on as many machines as he washes. It is not
legal, but it is possible and lets face it Microsoft is not going after the
occasional home user scofflaw, not worth their time. It is entirely up to
the user to decide if it is ok with his own conscience, so yes it AS an
issue.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Reisert AD1C [mailto:jjreisert@alum.mit.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 6:45 AM
> To: gbaron; W0UN--John Brosnahan; writelog@contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Operating system
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>
> At 06:18 AM 12/11/2002 -0600, gbaron wrote:
>
> >Either one would be fine but if you have XP and don't have to
> pay another of
> >those darn WPA fees then I would use XP. There is one caution
> with either,
> >if you intend to use the LPT ports you will have to download one
> of the free
> >(dlportio or userport) port (I prefer userport) drivers or it
> will not run
> >with WriteLog. The lpt will be grayed out.
>
> This is an issue whether he uses XP or 2000, so it's not relevant to his
> decision.
>
> 73 - Jim AD1C
>
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