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Story: Fighting Microsoft's licence check
Posted by: David B. Wildgoose (Thursday 22 June 2006, 1:31 PM)
Microsoft should be supported in their actions. After all, they do have the right to control the use of their own copyrighted software.
I recently put together an old machine for my parents-in-law and naturally I installed Ubuntu as a user-friendly desktop Linux. It is perfect for their needs of accessing the web, e-mail and writing the odd letter.
This happens all the time, the only difference being that many people would use an old copy of Windows instead of Linux. But now Microsoft are enforcing their copyright we can expect to see an increase in Linux usage and a decrease in Windows usage.
Who'd have thought Microsoft would be deliberately encouragig people to move to Linux? Well, I'm not complaining...
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People should wake up to the fact that software pi... softstag -
softstag - software piracy isn't theft. No-on... fred -
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Piracy is not theft! It's Co... MM
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I'm with MM on this one. Indy -
Microsoft Software is far too expen... DC
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Dc where the hell are you buyi... Myles
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Athough I haven't installed WGA, the most recent s... Anonymous
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How to boil a frog? Slowly but surely.
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I wouldnt mind the WGA if it actually worked consi... AngryUser
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