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Malaysian Police Not Roping Longhorn Rustlers

Posted by simoniker on from the mechanical-bull dept.

Artifex writes "CNN/Reuters reports that an early release of Microsoft's next operating system, 'Longhorn,' is already being sold openly in markets in Malaysia, with local police doing little to stop it. Microsoft's response, of course, is that consumers should steer clear. I'm sure this chaps their hides, as crashing copies of this as-yet-unreleased product are sure to cause dilution of branding."

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  1. That's nothing... by pegr · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I heard you can get Debian 4.0 as well! Of course, it's still free...

  2. Why would anyone want it in the first place? by The+One+KEA · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I could understand if they were pirating what passes for a finished product from MS, but a h@x0r3d, unstable beta that isn't even finished? Who could POSSIBLY want that?

    OTOH, maybe so many people will get fed up with its overt instability that they'll go and buy Red Flag Linux, or some other i18n Linux distro, instead.

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