Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> __/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Friday 07 July 2006 11:55 \__
>
> > Quote:
> > ------------
> > When will the last genuine copy of Windows XP fail to successfully run
> > Microsoft's ever-growing gauntlet of anti-piracy weapons? If you think
> > about, it would seem to be just a matter of time until all copies of XP
> > are deemed counterfeit. The only question is just how long after
> > Windows Vista ships that day will come.
> > -------------
Where are you getting this information? I work with a support company.
and we observer *thousands* of XP machines. Not a single one has *ever*
had *any* issue with validation.
> >
> > http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2006/6/27/0543/50236
> >
> > Don't like WGA? Try Linux!
>
> WGA may be the biggest mistake Microsoft has ever made. Not only has
> Microsoft lost customers' trust, but it also decided to drive prospective
> users from poor backgrounds away.
Why? The software costs what the software costs with WGA or without.
> See my older message to this NG.
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/browse_frm/thread/6290f0d0b3034d66/6c870c3313f73adb?q=piracy+schestowitz+windows&rnum=1#6c870c3313f73adb
>
> Selective Quotes:
>
> http://www.duggmirror.com/software/Latest_Windows_Genuine_Advantage_Validation_v1.5.532.0_Cracked/
>
> One sometimes wonders if WGA is intentionally made easy to crack. It is a
> known fact that Windows survives owing to piracy [2,3].
>
>
> [2]
> http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-micropiracy9apr09,0,414067.story?track=tottext
>
> Title: How Piracy Opens Doors for Windows
>
> [3]
> http://www.infopackets.com/channels/en/windows/gazette/2006/20060429_how_piracy_helps_microsoft_make_billions.htm
>
> Title: How Piracy Helps Microsoft Make Billions
infopackets - they're misguided and their articles lack any content,
especially the "technical" ones. They sound like they're implying that
MS would lose the battle to Linux if it wasn't for pirated software,
and then go on to say:
"The piracy rates worldwide are dropping every year and are increasing
the revenue for software developers."
"Even with the Internet making piracy easier than ever, Microsoft's
revenue and profit is still rising steadily. It earned $12 billion in
revenue in 2005."
Make your mind up...they also, in another article, praise Sterling Ball
(leader of Ernie Ball guitar strings co) for switching to Linux, saving
himself $80,000! Wow, great! Turns out he only went that way after MS
"raided" his headquarters, and fined him. So he was in violation - he
should have been sent to prison if it was on such a large scale.
DSt.
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