> 
> > How would that work? How would you persuade computer assemblers to
> >give your "product registry" (whatever this is in the end) to their
> >customers? 
>  
> I wouldn't persuade anyone. I'd put it in one of the rc scripts.
> You install NetBSD, it will try and send some email back to netbsd.org.
> 
> Why would that be difficult for anyone?
> 

ObSlam:  This is how Microsoft does it - does that make it illegal, or
simply unethical ;-)



-- 
Dave Burgess                   Network Engineer - Nebraska On-Ramp, Inc.
*bsd FAQ Maintainer / SysAdmin for the NetBSD system in my spare bedroom
"Just because something is stupid doesn't mean there isn't someone that 
doesn't want to do it...."