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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. Is this really surprising? by turtlexit · · Score: 0, Troll

    Malaysia is such a cesspool of fraud and deceit, I'm hardly surprised. Leave it to them to try to sell leaked, incomplete preview software. Back when I was in the web hosting business, I dropped routes to the country entirely (as best as I could) so they couldn't even see my webserver, much less find my credit card ordering page :-P

  2. The most amazing thing is.. by panxerox · · Score: 0, Troll

    that anyone would put that crap on their system anyway. geez youd need a beowulf of 3 gig'ers just to get it to boot.

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    "It's so convenient to have a system where everyone is a criminal" - A. Hitler
  3. In Soviet Russia.. Well, not exactly in Soviet.... by Cyberax · · Score: 0, Troll

    In Russia (not Soviet Russia :) ) Win Longhorn is sold in every software shopside with WinXP (for $3), Adobe Photoshop ($3) and Half Life II ($6).

  4. Aw crap. Longhorn is Free Software now. by numbski · · Score: 0, Troll

    Linux is in trouble.

    Windows Longhorn was released today in Malaysia under a new software license (Free as in 'arr matey's, shiver me timbers').

    Tux was not available for comment. He was said to be away on a 'vacation cruise'.

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    Karma: Chameleon (mostly due to the fact that you come and go).

  5. Re:It has to be said by AndyChrist · · Score: 1, Troll

    XP is an improvement over 98, but not over 2000. Your typical user with a typical machine will crash 98 every couple hours, at least, XP maybe once or twice a day, 2000 can run for days, at least. With heavy use.

    I think ME (never had ME last more than a half-hour without SOMETHING bad happening...but I only used it on 2 different machines) was New Coke....something absolutely horrible to make the replacement go over better.

    Regardless, there's not a lot of brand-dilution to be had here. The people in the west who would seek it out are probably the sort who already have at BEST a love-hate relationship with M$, or are slashdot users.

  6. Wake up! by FatSean · · Score: 0, Troll

    Your dream will never come true. Human nature is to blame. Sorry.

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    Blar.