Re: Computer Sabotage by Microsoft
From: Nicholas Weaver (nweaver_at_CS.berkeley.edu)
Date: 09/12/03
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Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:36:42 -0700 To: Stefan Esser <s.esser@e-matters.de>
On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 08:30:39PM +0200, Stefan Esser composed:
> Hi,
>
> well it finally happened. I came back home after work, connected my
> XBOX to the internet and went into the XBOX-Live menu configuration.
> Well what happened. The XBOX started automaticly downloading the new
> crappy XBOX-Live dashboard, which is of course fixed.
>
> This is IMHO an act of computer sabotage. I have never allowed MS
> to modify my dashboard or to auto update my dashboard.
>
> Is any lawyer on the list who can point me to the right paragraphs?
> I do not believe this computer sabotage is legal in any european
> country.
Read the End User Liscence Agreement that you agreed to with the X-box
(its probably somewhere in the box).
Dollars-to-doughnuts says that Microsoft maintains the right to
update/change the software regardless of your wishes.
All your Rights are belong to Bill (tm)
-- Nicholas C. Weaver nweaver@cs.berkeley.edu
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