Doctor Smith wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:40:28 +1100, Terry Porter wrote:
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>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
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>>> Microsoft updates WGA
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>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| SOFTWARE GIANT MICROSOFT is updating Windows XP anti-piracy technology
>>>| to detect illegal copies installed with stolen or faked product keys,
>>>| or with new activation cracks.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/537/1051537/microsoft-updates-wga
>>>
>>> Microsoft is desperate for cash.
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>>
>> Wouldn't it be interesting if MS disabled all cracked/illegal/stolen XP
>> installs?
>>
>> *Every* single troll here would disappear overnight!
>
> That really says it all about Linux now doesn't it?
Er, no, it only speaks volumes about the trolls here. You yourself admit to
not buying XP, but rather using a 'corporate copy' even tho you no longer
work for the company concerned.
>
> When people would rather go through the trouble of cracking and using
> cracked copies of Windows than ...
paying for it ?
You can answer that question, as you have never paid for Windows yourself.
--
If we wish to reduce our ignorance, there are people we will
indeed listen to. Trolls are not among those people, as trolls, more or
less by definition, *promote* ignorance.
Kelsey Bjarnason, C.O.L.A. 2008
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