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Symantec Product Activation/WPA
Bad idea. People buy software, not rent it. Product Activation stinks of being a stepping stone to rental.

WPA was and still is one of the worst decisions M$ has ever made. I understand their reasoning.... I believe that they wanted to deter piracy.. especially the extensive piracy abroad. But that is a two edged sword. By killing piracy of WXP in say China?? they have only encouraged that countries programmers to develop for open source. To improve and tweak open source. To make it more viable as a replacement for windows. DUMB DECISION BILL!

True, by indirectly funding efforts to kill open source (i.e., SCO) they may eliminate the market (at least here in the US).... But that's a big MAY.

One last note. Symantec.. Kill activation! Quicken... Thank you for recognizing the mistake.
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NO THANKS  Joe Blow_z | 10/30/03
Free AV  Frihet | 10/31/03
detractors  Bill4 | 10/31/03
Symantec is history - bye bye  shawkins | 10/31/03
Symantec  hwarren1 | 11/03/03
I agree with Joe  Chad_z | 10/30/03
Tech Crashed When Activation Appeared  KeithRisler | 10/30/03
I'm not sure I'd go that far  Chad_z | 10/31/03
Copy Protection doesn't sell  DarthRidiculous | 10/30/03
That and...  lmaxwell | 10/30/03
Nope, no problems with WPA...  Yen_z | 10/30/03
Hollystupid Should Read The Above Post  cybershoplifter | 10/31/03
what???  JoeMama_z | 10/31/03
This is just going to get worse before it gets better  M Wilson (Scottish Executive) | 10/31/03
I thought they made money on subscriptions  cheznoble | 10/30/03
They aren't that smart  KeithRisler | 10/30/03
You folks don't have a clue!  jp_safford@... | 11/04/03
bad move  lmaxwell | 10/30/03
"A Few "Sounds Suspect  KeithRisler | 10/30/03
As TorboTax Goes, So Goes Symantec  Frihet | 10/31/03
Activation issue  Arrg | 10/31/03
TaxAct  Bill4 | 10/31/03
Only the latest in a series of problems  James Dean_z | 10/31/03
XP Activation does NOT work flawlessly.  James Dean_z | 10/31/03
Don't Reboot  Mopsey | 10/31/03
Suprise, Suprise,Suprise!  BitTwiddler | 10/31/03
XP users DESERVE wpAggravation  moiety | 10/31/03
What happens when you treat customers like thieves  doctormoriarty | 10/31/03
Is piracy that bad?  desktopgeek | 10/31/03
It's game  voska | 10/31/03
All that development money...  BitTwiddler | 10/31/03
That is not their only problem  Mad Scientist | 10/31/03
Well, it was a nice run...  Daisy Fontana | 10/31/03
Buh Bye Symantec  Chipper1963 | 10/31/03
Piracy  rccraig76 | 11/01/03
Product Activation  rccraig76 | 11/01/03
Product Activation  Chipper1963 | 11/01/03
No stop to piracy  Robert Rice | 11/01/03
Product activation glitch hits Symantec  jarlie63 | 11/02/03
Here is what you do flip norton the bird  Robert Rice | 11/02/03
Symantec Product Activation/WPA  jwschull@... | 11/03/03
They deserve this.  ebrke | 11/03/03
I loved Norton Antivirus 2003, but....  The Real Bitch | 11/03/03
Whiners: Is it OK to steal from you?  jp_safford@... | 11/04/03
Ridiculous  MitchDev | 11/05/03
AV Antivirus  fredhavn@... | 11/05/03
Not their only problem  NT Admin | 11/05/03
Not the only glitch in AntiVirus 2004  radreads | 11/09/03
Symantec and Intuit  davidwalsh | 11/22/03
Pay for product, Get zero support  NoGentleman | 05/01/04

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