Microsoft To Fine Retail Stores $250,000 For Offering XP
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| If we even mention the fact that we carry the model with XP preloaded to a
| Microsoft secret shopper the store will be fined by Microsoft for $250,000
| dollars. So even though we offer a PC with XP Pro we are not allowed to tell
| you we do out of fear that Microsoft will fine us for 1/4 of a million
| dollars.
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http://nomad1984.blinkinblog.com/microsoft-to-fine-retail-stores-250000-for-offering-xp.html
I can't tell if it's true or not.
If this is true, given the 'hidden' 'features' of Vista, this should be
considered a crime. But who will ever arrest Microsoft?
Related:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Forget-about-the-WGA-20-Windows-Vista-Features-and-Services-Harvest-User-Data-for-Microsoft-58752.shtml
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| Vista—Microsoft’s latest operating system—may prove to be most
| appropriately named, especially for those seeking evidence of how a
| computer was used.
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http://www.abanet.org/journal/ereport/jy13tkjasn.html
Will Microsoft Put The Colonel in the Kernel?
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| "The kernel meets The Colonel in a just-published Microsoft patent
| application for an Advertising Services Architecture, which delivers targeted
| advertising as 'part of the OS.'
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http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/14/043200
Microsoft patents the mother of all adware systems
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| The adware framework would leave almost no data untouched in its quest to
| sell you stuff. It would inspect "user document files, user e-mail files,
| user music files, downloaded podcasts, computer settings, computer status
| messages (e.g., a low memory status or low printer ink)," and more. How could
| we have been so blind as to not see the marketing value in computer status
| messages?
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070717-microsoft-patents-the-mother-of-all-adware-systems.html
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