>>>>>>>[snip]
>>>>>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Did you read the thread I refered you to? What is your take on that?
>>>>
>>>>Dan
>>>Yes, I read it. The assertions don't change anything. The complaints:
>>>http://www.epic.org/privacy/consumer/MS_complaint.pdf
>>>http://www.epic.org/privacy/consumer/MS_complaint2.pdf
>>>still contain valid facts and aligations.
>>>JLK
>>
>>
>>Jerry,
>>
>>The first document says nothing about personal information being required for activation. The second doesn't even have the words "activate" or "activation" in it.
>
>You must have scanned for those words and not read the document. Re-read paragraphs 23-27 and consider if registration would take place without activation or visa versa.

I did read it. That's why I searched it. Figured I missed it somewhere. 23-27 doesn't give me much to go on. I searched the web to see if the FTC had anything to say but couldn't find anything.

>>If you are commenting on personal information required for registration then thats another topic.
>
>That was the intial topic of this thread....

I thought it was Erik M. talking about new rules for using the software that comes with an MSDN subscription.

>
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Dan
>
>Your welcome, but I think this thread has run its course!
>JLK

I think so too.

Thanks again,
Dan

"You have zero privacy now. Get over it."
- Scott McNealy, CEO Sun Microsystems, January 1999, at the launch of Jini.