[CS-FSLUG] NI: As of today, piracy-check mandatory for Windows add-ons

[Fred A. Miller]

On Tuesday 26 July 2005 6:57 pm, Aaron Lehmann wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 12:25:28PM -0400, Fred A. Miller wrote:
> > "Beginning Tuesday, the piracy check will be mandatory for all customers
> > worldwide who want to download add-ons for Windows XP.
> >
> > The only exception is for security-related patches. Regardless of whether
> > a system passes the test, security updates will be available to all
> > Windows users via either manual download or automatic update. The
> > Microsoft Update and Windows Update utilities, which provide
> > notifications of new patches, will require validation."
>
> BRILLIANT!  I'm glad their making sure that the pirates that use their
> software have to take a test.  If there's one thing I hate, it's a
> substandard buccanneer.
>
> Seriously though, there's some very smart people over there, who
> realized that whether someone stole their software or bought it legally,
> an install of Windows that brings down the New York Times can't be good
> for Microsoft's bottom line.

No, it isn't. And, I fully expect there WILL be a lot more of that sort of 
thing in the future.

Fred

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