Re: New ruling could eventually lead to blocking of used game sales

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From: David Lamb
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:45

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On 01/10/2010 4:59 AM, Anssi Saari wrote:
> I wonder if that's sustained by their PC experience at work? Big
> companies especially like to load up (and bog down) PCs with what
> amounts to malware, enforce updates at inconvenient times and also
> other rules and policies to stop people from doing their work, let
> alone actually get an enjoyable experience out of the computer...

Every company needs a passive-aggressive configuration manager whose 
primary job is to say "you don't want to make that upgrade just yet."

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