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There is still no "stick," or penalty, for customers whose
software is found not to be genuine. That could change,
Microsoft said.

"I can't rule anything out, but we are still in the early
phases and gathering customer and partner feedback,"
Lazar said.


It couldn't be just me that can see where this is going?
Nothing good comes from MS (actually appears nothing
much but press releases in 2004).

No need to pirate, when you can get stuff for FREE (ie open
source).

Off topic:

Interesting Apple shares has risen over 100% in the last 12
months whilst releasing new products almost monthly. MS
releases nothing and its share price has hardly moved.
Coincidence?
Posted by: Richard Flude   Posted on: 10/27/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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That's the craziest thing I've heard  mojoman_x@... | 10/27/04
free bear with rectal exam  V Sanders | 10/28/04
"What's to stop people pirating the free software?"  Anton Philidor | 10/28/04
Piracy Schmiracy  Bill_gates_Is_SATAN | 01/26/05
MS as the corner crack dealer:  Judas I. | 10/27/04
Prefer my free crack from OpenOffice  FilledOut | 10/27/04
Yeah Right  Richard Flude | 10/27/04
Heard of iPod?  Anton Philidor | 10/28/04
Why get out of the very profitable Mac buisness?  Laff | 10/28/04
Exaggerations  Anton Philidor | 10/28/04
Huh?  Cardinal_Bill | 10/27/04
part of the DOJ plan to fight terorism  V Sanders | 10/28/04
Not new  CobraA1 | 10/27/04
Missing the Point?  ryxr30 | 10/27/04
Hardware  IT_Critic | 10/28/04
Read the eula  Spoon Jabber | 10/28/04
EULA  IT_Critic | 10/28/04
Non-issue  Anton Philidor | 10/28/04
Agreed 100%  NonZealot | 10/28/04
What about OEM copies?  voska | 10/28/04
Nothing  htotten | 10/28/04
no one pirated this, no one used it  V Sanders | 10/27/04
Nope, Bill Gates said from the start IE was free.  Anton Philidor | 10/28/04
I remeber IE being sold in stores  voska | 10/28/04
Slick move  voska | 10/28/04
ZDnet, the Microsoft propaganda portal  whisperycat | 10/28/04
LOL. OWNED!  vdraken | 10/28/04
You owned me too!  NonZealot | 10/28/04
Has nothing to do with 'Linux FUD machine'  vdraken | 10/28/04
I feel sorry for your single brain cell  NonZealot | 10/28/04
Microsofties in a tizzy  whisperycat | 10/28/04
Poor, poor jellyclock  NonZealot | 10/28/04
That's rich, NonZealot  whisperycat | 10/28/04
Oh dear, you ARE a lost cause  NonZealot | 10/28/04
Who Sets the Rules?  htotten | 10/28/04
If he didn't..  d_jedi | 10/28/04
Oh, you mean  Patrick Jones | 10/29/04
I said *yet*  d_jedi | 10/29/04
I read that report..  d_jedi | 10/28/04
Oh dear, if you hated my previous replies...  NonZealot | 10/28/04
Bad links  trapper2 | 10/28/04
Uhm, no....  hawkeyeaz1 | 01/26/05
Redmondspeak  Chad_z | 10/28/04
You do that!  htotten | 10/28/04
Sounds good!  Linux_Developer | 10/28/04
Who wants it?  klmmicro | 10/28/04
Misleading headline  James T. Kirk | 10/28/04
OH BOY!! FREE SLIDESHOW SOFTWARE!!!  itanalyst | 10/28/04
Distribution monopoly failure?  Update victim | 10/28/04
Yup, people buy pc's with Linux...  Anton Philidor | 10/28/04
So you say...  Linux User 147560 | 10/28/04
Maybe couldn't figure it out  Spoon Jabber | 10/28/04
People.  Anton Philidor | 10/28/04
Stallman..  Patrick Jones | 10/28/04
Easy come, easy go  Anton Philidor | 10/28/04
I have to disagree...  Patrick Jones | 10/29/04
GPL software can cost money  hawkeyeaz1 | 01/26/05
Hi Anton, Why such venom?  JonathonDoe | 10/28/04
One tool fits all.  Anton Philidor | 10/28/04
You pose an interesting question...  JonathonDoe | 11/01/04
Message has been deleted.  itanalyst | 10/28/04
Thank You ZDNet Gestapo....For Robbing My Free Speech  itanalyst | 10/28/04
Interesting approach..  d_jedi | 10/28/04
I'd Rather See This Headline  itanalyst | 10/28/04
Almost agreed.  Anton Philidor | 10/28/04
OS Software should be Free for Home Users  Kamikaze_Ohka | 10/28/04
HELL YEAH !  Misterecs | 10/28/04
OS Software should be Free for Home Users  neverhome | 01/26/05
Microsoft is only doing what the market allows it to do.  StGeorgeA | 01/26/05
It occurs to me that this might backfire  James T. Kirk | 10/28/04
A variety to choose from; BSD/Linux/Solaris!  JonathonDoe | 10/28/04
Hardly "Battling Piracy"  tamuhockey | 10/28/04
Amen  Kamikaze_Ohka | 10/28/04
Sophisticated economic judgement.  Anton Philidor | 10/28/04
Indeed  tamuhockey | 10/28/04
Nicety of judgement:  Anton Philidor | 10/28/04
Product Activation was bought in as an anti-piracy mechanism  whisperycat | 10/28/04
The reason..  d_jedi | 10/28/04
Product Activation  htotten | 10/28/04
I don't even know if my OS legit  voska | 10/28/04
Did you remove the serial number?  htotten | 10/28/04
Yup, same case  voska | 10/28/04
What a bunch of bunk this is!!!  miklv | 10/29/04
Gasping for Redmond  twisted_z | 10/30/04
I like my Longhorn. More sources than XP on Emule.  GreatInca | 11/11/04
What's the problem?  neverhome | 01/26/05
M$ is so rich and dominant, terrorists think nuking it will cripple USA eco  GreatInca | 01/26/05
Activation Issue???  cglrcng@... | 01/27/05
For most users their copy of windows came with their pc  Sugien | 01/28/05
microsoft  fa544091 | 02/03/05

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