From: "Geo." 


"mike"  wrote in message
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&artic
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> Windows Vista can be run for at least a year without being activated, a
> serious end run around one of Microsoft Corp.'s key antipiracy measures,
> Windows expert Brian Livingston said today.


Bet me this is all planned and executed by Microsoft. If Vista isn't
selling then the only way to stop bleeding customers to the competition is
to allow some way to pirate it.

IOW, what's worse for Microsoft, 15 million computers running a
"hacked" version of vista or 15 million computers running Linux?

Geo.

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