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from: Adam
date: 2007-02-06 23:21:04
subject: Re: Microsoft admits Vista`s DRM is not to prevent piracy

From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

mike wrote:
> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37453
>
> ===
> Microsoft has no plans to close Vista upgrade loophole
>
> MICROSOFT CAN'T BE bothered to close the loophole that allows users to
> install Vista upgrade versions even when they're not upgrading.
>
> "People without a licensed copy of XP that use this workaround are
> violating the terms of use agreed to when they purchased the upgrade
> version of Windows Vista," a spokesvole told vnunet.com.
>
anyone upgrading from XP more than once is also violating the terms
contained within XP so....is Vista upgrade is a "use once then
burn" purchase?


Adam

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