____/ thad05@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Tuesday 01 January 2008 18:15 : \____
> Rex Ballard <rex.ballard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Given that many MSDN subcribers have been paying since the first
>> announcements of Longhorn, they have paid up to $9,000 ($1500 for 6
>> years) for "test" software, and now Microsoft wants them to fork over
>> another $300-400 for Vista Ultimate, for which Microsoft will give
>> them a "Free" copy of Vista Ultimate - "For testing".
>
> Heck, I'm still 'testing' a copy of Win2000 I got with my MSDN
> subscription (back when I had one). I haven't turned the system
> on in months, and I'll likely just scrub the drive one of these
> days, but it is handy to keep around to occasionally test cross-
> compiles on. I wonder, am I violating my license? I never
> remember any expiration discussed in the License when I installed
> it, so I assume I'm still legal.
>
> Thad
Using Windows is always legal, even if you pay just $1. Microsoft's charge for
Windows depends on one's wallet capacity. The company relies on 'piracy' where
it's not able to earn a sell. If they took away you copy of W2K, would you use
Windows at all? If not, Microsoft wants you to be
a 'pirate'.... /THEIR/ 'pirate'. Mind highlight below.
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.
|
| Specifically, Bill Gates, citing China as an example, said:
|
| "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.
|
| 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.
`----
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Happy-with-the-Evolution-of-Windows-Vista-Piracy-50577.shtml
Hypocrisy off the port bow!
,----[ Quote ]
| Admiral Holleyman of the Bull Shit Association dares claim that our craft
| makes his skainsmates lose (that's the opposite o' win, for all ye
| spelling-retarded coppocias) $11 billion US dollars every year. Hoy-day! A
| flight of fancy I've ne'er seen before such bardleture came before me! Such
| presumptuous posy overflows my yellow bile. As if every man of the
| brotherhood would actually buy the programs he pirates! Bah! Next, I wager
| he'll be so bloody daft to presume that blokes should actually read a license
| agreement, the likes o' which have never been, and may yet never be enforced
| in full.
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http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/364
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