From: mike 

On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:52:46 -0400, "Geo."  wrote:

>
>"mike"  wrote in message
>news:alklv21m8g81cna5k2ggo3ol8fq9v6okud{at}4ax.com...
>>
>>
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&arti
cleId=9013258
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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?

cf. the article I posted a couple weeks ago about the OEMs in India who
said that Microsoft promoted piracy there in order to get an install base
for Windows.

 /m

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