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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."
What a fucking troll.
yeah seriously. That is the one problem with slashdot.. I love slashdot but it gets old every time a post about ms is made everyone must try to turn it into a damn ms bashing fest...yet I am sure most of the people who visit this site run windows. I personally run OSX so i'm on higher ground.
If you buy something that has licensing restrictions, then there is no *should*. There's either "I agree to the licensing restrictions and buy the product", or I tell (whoever) that their bargain is insufficient for me and I tell them to fuck off and dont give them any money for the good/service they are offering.
Think about buying an airline ticket--if I buy an airline ticket from new york to london for $256, then I accept the fact that the dates and times are non-changeable and that the ticket is non-refundible. I understand and accept that this is true even though the guy sitting next to me on the same plane and eating the same airline meal and watching the same movie COULD HAVE changed his dates and times or could have gotten 100% of his money back. Of course, he paid $1900 for his ticket.
MOD PARENT DOWN
You weren't forced to buy anything; you chose to buy a laptop with such restrictions and now are bitching about it.
Yes, and don't forget the tinfoil hat, too.