I have heard that WGA can allow microsft to kill your computer remotely.(they have nearly shutdown my roomates XP system until he did a automatic update.we did not allow this update for two week until the computer was extremly slow) Does microsoft have the technologies to disable someones linux box? I fear a EULA disallowing someone from runing linux on the same home network that WinXP is hooked up to. They already put a 5 computer limit on your network(winxp pro has a 10 computer limit).How can they get away with telling you how many computers you can run?I talked with a microsoft rep and she told me that each computer does not have to be running a windows product and that there is a 5 computer limit per license on a single network. So if I put up a new web server my room mate would have to buy a second licence even thought Im not using a windows os.
2007-01-12 08:47:30 · 6 answers · asked by meltdown_override 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Microsoft was no authority to tell a user what platforms can coexist on a network with theirs. they also do not disable other platforms, that would be hacking and would result in probably the largest class action law suit in the world...
2007-01-12 08:54:36 · answer #1 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-30 22:50:10 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, yes, Microsoft pays a huge staff of employees to look at your whole network. If they see linux in any form they remotely scramble your registry so the computer won't work anymore. Oh, and they read and delete all your e-mail, too. Excellent question.
2007-01-12 08:52:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your network server is running Linux it is subject to the limits of THAT license and if you are running the open source version you should not have any limit.
I don't know if any of the commercial versions of Linux have limits but I wouldn't think so.
Just don't expect much cooperation from MS if you run into some network problem if your server is non-MS.
2007-01-12 08:55:59 · answer #4 · answered by Gary 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WGA is invasive, and many tech advice lists say do not install.
MS cannot remotely do your network. But they can force you to shutdown things by legal means.
Just remove WGA.
2007-01-12 08:51:39 · answer #5 · answered by Mictlan_KISS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-01-12 08:51:44 · answer #6 · answered by kurticus1024 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋