____/ Peter Köhlmann on Tuesday 11 September 2007 23:47 : \____
> nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> <Quote>
>> Microsoft Windows' infamous "blue screen of death" has become
>> synonymous with an operating system crash or freeze, but that's
>> nothing compared with what users of pirated copies of Vista worldwide
>> can expect from now -- a black screen of darkness.
>>
>> In an e-mail to a large Windows Vista distributor titled "Pirated
>> Vista -- A darkness descends!" -- a local Microsoft representative
>> made it quite clear what Vista pirates can expect to happen to their
>> unlicensed installations.
>>
>> A copy of this e-mail was obtained by Computerworld.
>>
>> "Good afternoon, as of this week, Microsoft has activated a function
>> in Vista called 'Reduced Functionality.' This is a specific function
>> in Vista that effectively disables nongenuine copies of Windows.
>> Therefore anyone who has a pirated copy of Vista will experience:
>> </Quote>
>>
>>
>
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9035478
>
> As one can be absolutely sure that MS will severely bungle that
> identification of "genuine costumers", lots of them will see that screen.
>
> Whereas the real "pirates" will simply laugh about this 3rd grade attempt at
> controlling piracy
As I said in the previous post, it's the "Black screen of switch to Linux". We
ought to be happy to see this. Microsoft is squeezing the goose, angering
customers/users and driving them away to alternative. People will soon get the
message that Windows is not free (let alone Free) and that it's bound to get
worse in the future.
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