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Microsoft Allows Pirates to Install XP SP2
mkraft writes "On the tail of the previously asked question on whether Microsoft should support pirated copies of XP, comes the answer.
According to Computer Times, Microsoft will allow SP2 to be installed on any copy of Windows XP including copies with invalid license keys.
Microsoft decided "that even if someone has pirated copy of Windows, it is more important to keep him safe than it is to be concerned about the revenue issue."
There is no news of whether or not pirated copies will be allowed access to the Windows Update site afterwards or just allowed to install SP2."
....those linux people give it away for free! They're undercutting Microsoft in order to chain people to linux!
Thats how stupid you sound.
Fuck George W! :)
"It is not how things are in the world that is mystical, but that it exists." -Ludwig Wittgenstein
Actually, since physical property only exists because of a series of laws as well, there is no different between physical and intellectual property -- other than that certain assholes like to act that just because you can't hold an idea in their hand they can do whatever they like without without harming anything.
Hey freaks: now you're ju
Who gives a fuck? If you were the sort of paranoid user who really cared about that sort of thing, then you wouldn't be using Windows in the first place due to everything it does like phoning home to Billy. Personally I'm loving this latest patch because with a firewall on every computer, I might stand a chance of using a normal router on my network instead of using a Linux box with a heavily configured iptables setup.
Karma: It's all a bunch of tree-huggin' hippy crap!
Yep, that's what your momma did. AC Pussy.
~S