Microsoft Genuine Advantage a Joke ?
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| Makes us wonder the Microsoft Genuine Advantage Test is a Micro Joke or a
| poker bluff ?
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http://technojuice.blogspot.com/2007/07/microsoft-genuine-advantage-joke.html
Microsoft Identified 22% of its OS as Counterfeit in 2006
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| Microsoft's Windows genuine Advantage program revealed 22% of all operating
| systems from Microsoft as unauthorized for usage. The WGA is a part of
| Microsoft's anti-piracy program which is meant to reduce the overall number
| of pirated copies of Windows XP and Vista worldwide.
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http://www.infoniac.com/hi-tech/microsoft-identified-22-of-its-os-as-counterfeit-in-2006.html
Microsoft is still trying to get students addicted and tied to Windows. This is
related to the links below. When will education departments learn?
Microsoft Picks The Guildhall at SMU to Broaden XNA Use in Game Development
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070724/20070724005958.html?.v=1
Related:
Governments Must Reject Gates' $3 Bid to Addict Next Billion PC Users
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| "Microsoft's strategy of getting developing nations hooked on its
| software was clearly outlined by Bill Gates almost a decade ago," said
| Con Zymaris, CEO of long-standing open source firm Cybersource.
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| Specifically, Bill Gates, citing China as an example, said:
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| "Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but
| people don't pay for the software," he said. "Someday they will, though.
| As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours.
| They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to
| collect sometime in the next decade."[1]
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http://www.cybersource.com.au/press/gates_set_to_addict_next_billion.html
Microsoft Happy with the Evolution of Windows Vista Piracy
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| But the truth is that Microsoft is happy with the way Windows Vista
| piracy is evolving. Is there a catch to this? No. The fact of the
| matter is that Windows Vista has delivered a heavy blow to
| software counterfeiters. The reason for this is the new Windows
| Genuine Advantage security mechanism integrated into the
| operating system.
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| You may not notice this on the surface. On the surface, the
| Internet is crawling with Windows Vista cracks, hacks and
| workarounds. On the surface, every Windows Vista edition has
| been cracked and is available for download via peer-to-peer
| networks. But this is not the true extent of Windows Vista piracy.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Happy-with-the-Evolution-of-Windows-Vista-Piracy-50577.shtml
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