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Microsoft Pirating Their Own Software?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the piracy-is-eeeeeeeevilllll dept.

14ghz writes "Microsoft gave out copies of .NET Visual Studio Pro to attendees of the Microsoft .NET Student Tour. Despite the discs saying "UNLICENSED SOFTWARE -- Illegal without separate license from Microsoft", the freebie didn't contain any license document, and one guy decided to ask the MS conference rep about it. Read the in-progress story."

2 of 469 comments (clear)

  1. All Windows software is shareware.... by Hates · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    All windows software is shareware... You've just got to find someone to share it with ;)

  2. Shouldn't The "From" Subtitle Have Been by The+Dobber · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    From the "really really struggling to bash MS today but having a hard time with it" department?