I just received in the mail a flat from Microsoft. Inside are 30 or so pages and a CD-ROM. The package is titled, "Everything you need to know about product activation." I wonder how many guppies out there are inclined to do business with a software company that has to rationalize, er, ..., explain their licensing with 30 pages of print + CD-ROM? I am not a typical user, but I swear I'd be inclined to pitch my MS stuff on this basis alone. I mean, hell, Microsoft isn't rich enough already so they have to jack around with a "loyal customer" like me to this extent?

Funny how this deal sinking comes on the heels of a new and intrusive licensing scheme - can the PR get any worse?

bcnu,
Mikem