Author Topic: Microsoft to nix some Net product activation  (Read 1533 times)

mc0282

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Microsoft to nix some Net product activation
« on: 25 February 2005, 06:23 »
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5589504.html

right, like the going to drive more windows xp sales heh dream on microsoft, must of them wont buy microsoft because annoying wpa shit..
huh, what?

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Re: Microsoft to nix some Net product activation
« Reply #1 on: 25 February 2005, 14:44 »
Going after pirates, eh? How about Microsoft start off by going after themselves? This new deed looks more like traditional piracy to me. They are stripping the owners
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Re: Microsoft to nix some Net product activation
« Reply #2 on: 25 February 2005, 17:17 »
Only for OEM copies.

Not retail boxes.
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Re: Microsoft to nix some Net product activation
« Reply #3 on: 14 March 2005, 06:45 »
Only for OEM copies. Not retail boxes.

Key word here: Yet!

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Later in the year, Microsoft quietly debuted Windows Genuine Advantage, pitching the downloadable tool as a way for consumers to double-check whether their copy of Windows was genuine. At the time, there was neither a benefit for those who authenticated their software, nor a penalty for those who didn't.

After a few weeks, Microsoft started offering incentives for those who participated in the trial, while still not penalizing those whose copy was found to be illegitimate. Last week, though, Microsoft announced plans to make the program mandatory and prevent anyone with an unauthorized copy from downloading from its site.

It's Windows vs. Windows...


This is SOP for MS: turn the heat up on the frogs in the pot slowly, as opposed to trying to throw them into boiling water. Same old BS.

Don't you just love that Orwellian naming: "Windows Genuine Advantage". Almost sounds like they're doing us a favor.
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