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MS Not Pirating
Applying features in your own versions of software is not pirating. If that were the case there would be only one office suite because in your mind any other office suite with Spell check must have pirated it from the originator. MS added Tabbed browsing to IE because it is a good idea and customers requested it. Of course I should have taken your inability to spell into account when I read your statement.

Microsoft has done great things for the world of computing and many people like to slam MS with insults because they are the "Big Boy" on the block. The only people that are going to b!tch about this little download are the people that are pirates themselves. So what if MS wants to check to see if my copies of Windows are legit. They have a right to do so.
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Don't forget  Loverock Davidson | 04/24/06
buwahahahahah better product  toxicfreak | 04/25/06
Microsoft Piracy  martin_l_77084@... | 04/24/06
You're right, but...  luke_sg | 04/26/06
Green doesn't fit you.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/25/06
One problem there  voska | 04/25/06
A Bit Like The Pot Calling The kettle  Mr Shaun Warburton | 04/24/06
Copying features is pirating?  Loverock Davidson | 04/24/06
True  ferentix | 04/29/06
FireFox  jbye | 05/03/06
Boy, you ain't kidding  999ad@... | 04/24/06
MS Not Pirating  bobiroc | 04/24/06
RE: "MS Not Pirating"  ajapierce | 04/24/06
Not piratng, licensing  cubbage@... | 04/26/06
Software is so complex & large anymore  IronCladChicken | 04/27/06
MS-DOS came from IBM  dr_who@... | 04/27/06
fraid not....  Piper8 | 05/01/06
MS Not Pirating  kdskinner@... | 04/24/06
Do they really have the legal right?  Brakiss | 04/25/06
You got it backwards, you go to them  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/25/06
Slight Difference  bobiroc | 04/25/06
Data Protection Laws in Europe  RWBlaize | 05/05/06
HA! Firefox is a pirate itself!  failure | 04/26/06
I agree, originality is now secondary  ajole | 04/26/06
Now firefox goes around claiming originality  IronCladChicken | 04/27/06
MEET AN MCSE!  Justin Time | 04/24/06
you talk like a dug addict  not of this world | 04/25/06
Someone...  TimeBomb | 04/25/06
pirated software  curio@... | 04/24/06
Microsoft piracy check comes calling  Loverock Davidson | 04/24/06
Quick Loverock  I'm Ye, the MS SHILL . | 04/24/06
You're kidding, right?  Zeppo9191 | 04/25/06
The ignorant are quick!!  NonZealot | 04/24/06
Then why is MS pushing it out involuntarily? grin grin  HypnoToad72 | 04/25/06
It isn't  TimeBomb | 04/25/06
Was the 64 as ubiquitous as the PC is today  IronCladChicken | 04/27/06
I call BS  ajole | 04/27/06
C - 64 numbers  srking@... | 06/07/06
SELLING pirated MS software  dr_who@... | 04/27/06
The ignorant are quick!!  thedon57 | 04/28/06
S P Y W A R E !!  Reverend MacFellow | 04/24/06
Yeah, Kinte, if that is your real name happy  Confused by religion | 04/24/06
shocked  Reverend MacFellow | 04/25/06
Huh?  TimeBomb | 04/25/06
LOL  Loverock Davidson | 04/25/06
So, you actually believe the press releases?  An_Axe_to_Grind | 04/25/06
Oh boy. India and China are going to be PISSED.  HypnoToad72 | 04/25/06
You know, they should just get it over with...  BitTwiddler | 04/25/06
You suggest Microsoft is sexist!  HypnoToad72 | 04/25/06
At the risk of sounding naughty  ajole | 04/26/06
Women  Sheeva | 05/04/06
Microsoft, the Metallica of software  zmud | 04/25/06
One difference though  voska | 04/25/06
Huge difference.....  fixmyhead | 04/27/06
Umm . . .  CobraA1 | 04/25/06
Agree but disagree  bobiroc | 04/25/06
Who is your doctor?  TimeBomb | 04/25/06
geve yourself an enema  not of this world | 04/25/06
Sony  bobiroc | 04/25/06
A "what If"  hforman@... | 04/26/06
Odd timing  tic swayback | 04/25/06
You assume wrong  NonZealot | 04/25/06
Thanks for the correction  tic swayback | 04/25/06
I think MS and all other corporation are out screw customers  voska | 04/25/06
Got a few spams that could help with that...  ajole | 04/26/06
Bill Gates can ask a better question the owners illegal copies of Windows.  Vily Clay | 04/25/06
How much info will they "gather" on you?  An_Axe_to_Grind | 04/25/06
Gen Advantage Validation  jsaale@... | 04/26/06
Pirate? Who Me?  interested_amateur@... | 04/27/06
Retarded response  bobiroc | 04/27/06
Is this really legal?  Wizard1_z | 04/28/06
Which update number is it?  edsager@... | 06/13/06
So, they are increasing their Beta Testing on users...  BitTwiddler | 06/28/06
RE: Microsoft piracy check comes calling  cartoonbe@... | 01/30/09

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