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echo: osdebate
to: Geo
from: John Beamish
date: 2006-11-20 08:06:26
subject: Re: Vista cracked & ont`net before release...

From: "John Beamish" 

Guy has a PC; guy buys new PC; guy uses install disk to install Vista on old PC.

On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:57:39 -0500, Geo  wrote:

> What the hell is "casual piracy" with regard to an OS that
comes on every
> friggin computer you buy and where the next version will never run
> acceptably on old hardware? There is no money being lost here.
>
> Geo.
>
> "John Beamish"  wrote in message
> news:op.ti59htqkm6tn4t{at}dellblack.wlfdle.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
> As has been pointed out here many times, this (and other approaches) stop
> casual piracy but those who are seriously into piracy are momentarily
> delayed.  IOW, you stop 1% of piracy and put a hiccup in the road for the
> other 99%.
>
>
>

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