Comments on: links for 2007-12-25 http://rickmahn.com/2007/12/25/links-for-2007-12-25/ my perspectives on the social web, personal branding, and connecting people Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:30:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dave Huston http://rickmahn.com/2007/12/25/links-for-2007-12-25/comment-page-1/#comment-28779 Dave Huston Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:16:12 +0000 http://rickmahn.com/2007/12/25/links-for-2007-12-25/#comment-28779 Sounds like it could easily go bad, but at the same time I think they'll learn from WGA's mistakes. I think one of the key parts of that is the phrase "transparent to the user." One of the key complaints against WGA is how often it interferes with legitimate use of Microsoft's products. Of course, the "phoning home" thing is also a major complaint, but not one that I'm concerned with. I've never been a big conspiracy theorist in this regard. Sounds like it could easily go bad, but at the same time I think they’ll learn from WGA’s mistakes. I think one of the key parts of that is the phrase “transparent to the user.” One of the key complaints against WGA is how often it interferes with legitimate use of Microsoft’s products.

Of course, the “phoning home” thing is also a major complaint, but not one that I’m concerned with. I’ve never been a big conspiracy theorist in this regard.

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