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Microsoft steps up action against software piracy
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| Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Gulf today announced
| that the UAE authorities have raided and
| confiscated several copies of allegedly
| pirated Microsoft Windows and Office software
| at a reseller store in the city. Following the
| raid, Microsoft and the reseller reached an
| out-of-court civil settlement.
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http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4002430
Stay Protected Against Software Piracy: Microsoft Offers Tips
http://it.tmcnet.com/topics/it/articles/81300-stay-protected-against-software-piracy-microsoft-offers-tips.htm
"It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy
than when there's not."
--Bill Gates
Recent:
Microsoft Anti-Piracy Chief Steps Down
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| In the latest in a string of executive
| departures from Microsoft, the head of the
| company's anti-piracy efforts has left the
| company.
|
| Alex Kochis, who was the director of
| Microsoft's Genuine Software program,
| announced his resignation in a New Year's
| Eve blog post titled "Happy New Year and
| Goodbye."
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/microsoft_news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222200085
Who are the Real Pirates?
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| The EULA is incomprehensible. Following it
| is impossible and it costs you dearly to
| try. Go Free. Use FLOSS instead.
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http://pogson.6k.ca/2010/01/09/who-are-the-real-pirates/
Microsoft: âPiracy no longer poses a threat to usâ
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| To be totally honest, anytime you use any OS
| of any kind you open yourself up to viruses
| and trojans, especially with Microsoftâs
| Operating Systems.
|
| As this article is published, Microsoft has
| unfortunately not answered to our repeated
| email requests for a statement on this issue.
| In the news business thatâs called a solid âno
| comment.â
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http://freakbits.com/microsoft-piracy-no-longer-poses-a-threat-to-us-1202
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