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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: cahult on 26 July 2005, 16:55

Title: Read this...
Post by: cahult on 26 July 2005, 16:55

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4717417.stm

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Title: Re: Read this...
Post by: bedouin on 26 July 2005, 17:02

Didn't they do this a long time ago with the XP activation?  

Anyway, the more draconian Microsoft gets the better.  That means more people installing Linux or buying Macs.

Title: Re: Read this...
Post by: Lead Head on 26 July 2005, 18:23

I read that too

Title: Re: Read this...
Post by: worker201 on 26 July 2005, 22:01

That's really unfortunate.  I feel so sorry for those multi-billionaires who are losing a few million dollars to piracy.  That's like me dropping a quarter on the ground and not bothering to pick it up.

Title: Re: Read this...
Post by: Annorax on 27 July 2005, 02:06

Quote from: worker201

That's really unfortunate.  I feel so sorry for those multi-billionaires who are losing a few million dollars to piracy.  That's like me dropping a quarter on the ground and not bothering to pick it up.

Closer to cutting a penny in half and dumping one piece.

I'd have to wonder who this is really going to effect... anyone who for some reason needs Windows and doesn't want to pay for it and has a drop of knowledge pirates Win98SE, not XP.

Title: Re: Read this...
Post by: worker201 on 27 July 2005, 04:02

Actually, I wonder if they are getting shafted by their OEM licensing, and mistakenly think it is the home users at fault.  Oh well, doesn't affect me!