Microsoft Allows Pirates to Install XP SP2

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Microsoft Allows Pirates to Install XP SP2

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday May 9, 2004 @03:51AM from the well-isn't-that-nice dept.

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."

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All I can say is ... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-09 03:53 · Score: -1, Offtopic

w00t !!
interesting that there's a dupe of this by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-09 03:54 · Score: -1, Offtopic

in my pants!!!!!!!!!! No karma bonus for me!
Re:In other news, by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-09 03:54 · Score: -1, Offtopic

IT'S A TRAP!
Criminals Prosper by Phosphor3k · 2004-05-09 03:59 · Score: -1, Offtopic

In other news, states are now allowing illegal immigrants to receive in-state tuition rates at state universities. (And who let them attend, in the first place?)

When are we going to stop rewarding people who breaks laws?
1. Re:Criminals Prosper by The-Dalai-LLama · 2004-05-09 04:14 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  In other news:
  The Ogallala Sioux and Apache Nations have voted to revoke immigration visas issued to those who immigrated here illegally from England and Spain, and to revoke the American citizenship of all of the immigrants' descendants. Chief Brokenfeather of the DamnWhereTheHellDidAllMyPeopleGo Tribe is quoted in the release as saying, "Who let those impolite fuckers in here in the first place?"
  
  The Dalai LLama
  ...not a big fan of the "conquered peoples are inherently better than the rest of us mystique"...but, damn...that troll was hungry...
  
  --
  My sig could be your sig!
Re:In other news, by Woy · 2004-05-09 03:59 · Score: -1, Offtopic

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

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"If God created us in his own image we have more than reciprocated." - Voltaire
Re:In other news, by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-09 04:18 · Score: -1, Offtopic

MOVE EVERY ZIG!
Re:HEY!!! HUH-MEHR-UH-CAAHNS!!!! YANKEES!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-09 04:20 · Score: -1, Offtopic

aRE yOU gAY? aRE yOU a nIGGER? aRE yOU a gAY nIGGER?
Speaking of Migration... where's Mandrake 10? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-09 04:26 · Score: -1, Offtopic

It's well past the first of May, and still no sign of Mandrake 10.0 official being released. Are mandrakesoft about to go back into bankruptcy?
Anyone have a torrent for the official cd set?
Re:In other news, by AntiOrganic · 2004-05-09 05:09 · Score: 0, Offtopic

go back to GBS
*I'll* come right out and say it by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-09 12:43 · Score: -1, Offtopic

YHBT.
YHL.
HAND.
1. Re:*I'll* come right out and say it by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-09 17:32 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  IYO. KMA!
2. Re:*I'll* come right out and say it by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-09 18:18 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  FOAD.
Dear Soporific: by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-11 05:12 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Fuck you.

Love,
Slashdot
1. Re:Dear Soporific: by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-12 03:41 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Your mama. So there. Pthppppppt!
2. Re:Dear Soporific: by Soporific · 2004-05-12 08:21 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  Wow.
  
  ~S
3. Re:Dear Soporific: by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-12 11:57 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Truly you have a dizzying intellect.
4. Re:Dear Soporific: by Soporific · 2004-05-13 07:30 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  This is true, and likewise to yourself.
  
  ~S