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that's been my arguement
The only person who agrees to the licensing restrictions are the installers. The average user has never agreed to the license, and likely never saw the 'accept' button. They aren't the responsable party. Trashing their data or making their system unusable is the wrong way to enforce things.

I have three versions of windows here, all legitimate, and have played with linux for a while, but the whole microsoft piracy issue has made me lean very heavily towards linux. I use windows mainly for gaming. Linux does everything I need, so why deal with the overhead?

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If you poke a bee hive  zmud | 10/22/08
... you get to negotiate with each bee individually.  DavidGerard | 10/22/08
Massively tasteless?  sbeavan@... | 10/28/08
Don't be surprised if the Bees fight back (NT)  startx.jeff | 10/22/08
RE: Chinese surfers see red over Microsoft blackouts  chcallahan@... | 10/22/08
It is a good thing that the pirated software  GuidingLight | 10/22/08
Actually, it is selling for a lot closer to 3 bucks. Labor in China is  DonnieBoy | 10/22/08
The way you get rid of black markets ...  P. Douglas | 10/22/08
Should musicians sell their CD's for $2 to compete with pirating here?  invmgr@... | 11/06/08
blackmarkets are wrong, period.  Nezmars | 11/06/08
theft  merc2dogs` | 11/07/08
Join the club  Taz_z | 10/22/08
Given average income in China, this will just force them towards Linux.  DonnieBoy | 10/22/08
And it won't hurt Microsoft if it does.  gene_fitz@... | 10/22/08
Software is a lot different. First, unlike a shoplifter, a pirate does not  DonnieBoy | 10/22/08
Actually not  gene_fitz@... | 10/24/08
Good points, but....  sbeavan@... | 10/28/08
Pirating does cost them money  Silent Observer | 11/06/08
RE: Join the club  Texpatriate | 10/25/08
Microsoft is well withing their rights here, BUT, this will ONLY hurt them.  DonnieBoy | 10/22/08
They already made their decision  Real World | 10/22/08
WGA still has false-positives, too  Raymond Danner | 11/06/08
Microsoft is well within their rights...  standeman | 11/06/08
RE: M$ should be creative rather than destructive  Kungfoofighterx | 10/22/08
RE: Chinese surfers see red over Microsoft blackouts  gertruded | 10/22/08
If buyers are not aware...  rarsa | 10/22/08
The pirates are Microsoft's best friend here. They keep everybody on the  DonnieBoy | 10/22/08
I concur  rarsa | 10/22/08
DonnieBoy, NOBODY wants Linux. Pirates don't sell what people don't want...  transposeIT | 10/22/08
Pirates can't sell what people get for free  Ole Man | 10/23/08
RE: Chinese surfers see red over Microsoft blackouts  robert.woodward | 10/22/08
RE: Chinese surfers see red over Microsoft blackouts  Loverock Davidson | 10/22/08
No real tears for those using a pirated version  Boot_Agnostic | 10/22/08
The surprise here is that this is only helping Pirates. You see, it is the  DonnieBoy | 10/22/08
If you don't like MS policies, then stop using their software.  CrunchyFerrett | 10/22/08
Not necessarily  magcomment | 10/22/08
that's been my arguement  merc2dogs` | 11/07/08
If you don't like MS policies, then stop using their software.  mgc6020 | 10/22/08
Considering the fact that...  Raymond Danner | 11/06/08
Market share vs. profits  ThePrairiePrankster | 10/22/08
"MS accepted some level of casual piracy"  Ole Man | 10/22/08
dealer/pushers  snakecharmernyc@... | 10/28/08
wow the chineese are just as good as the republicans with fake outrage!  Been_Done_Before | 10/22/08
China and Piracy  gene_fitz@... | 10/22/08
RE: Chinese surfers see red over Microsoft blackouts  Lappkast | 10/22/08
RE: Chinese surfers see red over Microsoft blackouts  mgc6020 | 10/22/08
Did anyone else find the Chinese Bloggers comments hilarious?  JoeMama_z | 10/22/08
I find it ironic  rileinc | 10/22/08
lovin it..  rjunkin | 10/22/08
Just shows you once again that the Chinese don't want Linux.  transposeIT | 10/22/08
Most don't know  bodycoach2@... | 10/23/08
Cake and eat it  domfinn | 10/23/08
You are paying for DRM  kurio99 | 10/23/08
RE: Chinese surfers see red over Microsoft blackouts  sux3s | 10/23/08
This from a country that can't prosecute for bad milk?  AtlantaTerry | 10/24/08
Buy a legal copy of XP? How?  miruka@... | 10/24/08
I know that answer.  sjbinaz | 11/10/08
RE: Chinese surfers see red over Microsoft blackouts  Texpatriate | 10/25/08
Screen does NOT completely black out.  vxcv | 10/25/08
So Microsoft is just annoying the hackers?  barence773 | 10/29/08
again  sjbinaz | 11/10/08
Damn true.  magallanes | 10/30/08
Idiotic use of the word "piracy"  verelse | 10/27/08
don't expect sympathy from me  Xanderxavier | 10/27/08
a bit harsh, but good points  sbeavan@... | 10/28/08
It's their right.  joshstrike | 10/28/08
not quite true.  magallanes | 10/30/08
RE: Chinese surfers see red over Microsoft blackouts  1xsculler | 10/30/08
RE: Chinese surfers see red over Microsoft blackouts  Rob Miller | 10/30/08
RE: Chinese surfers see red over Microsoft blackouts  jtalbot@... | 11/06/08
I laugh as the low-life thieves cry  bongomundo | 11/06/08
I pirated this OS fair and square, how dare MS... LOL  invmgr@... | 11/06/08
RE: Chinese surfers see red over Microsoft blackouts  bonnie@... | 11/06/08
RE: Chinese surfers see red over Microsoft blackouts  benicg@... | 11/06/08
I'm no MS groupie, but...  davagain | 11/07/08

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