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echo: nthelp
to: Antti Kurenniemi
from: George Sherwood
date: 2006-12-31 16:42:28
subject: Re: Chinese Vista activation = new wga geographically blocked PID

From: George Sherwood 

On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 14:26:21 +0200, Antti Kurenniemi wrote:

> "George Sherwood"  wrote in message
> news:f8kk64xi36.ln2{at}athlon.p3pilot.gotdns.org...
>>> I don't think that would be a problem in China, as every
corner shop will
>>> sell a cracked version of whatever you need for.
>>
>> I will be interested to see if they have cracked versions of Vista for
>> sale here in Azerbaijan after it is out.  All of the cracks here come from
>> Russia.  It didn't take long for Office 2007 to appear in the stores.
>
> They were already selling vista in Tallinn a few weeks back in the street
> markets, but I have no idea was it cracked or just a copy. 20 euros a piece
> was the asking price, probably would have sold for 10. My friend was over
> there and didn't buy one, but I would've, just out of curiosity.

I might do the same and run in a virtual machine just to take a look at it.
 Geo's recent adventures don't give me much enthusiasm to plonk down the
big bucks and make it my main OS.

George

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