Microsoft Admits Targeting Wine Users

Buddha Joe wrote in to mention that the lack of Windows updates for Wine users is the result of a Microsoft's active targeting of Wine users. ZDNet has the story. From the article: "As the most popular third-party translation technology in use, Wine was the first emulator to be specifically tested for via WGA"

Comments

Re:That's a great acknowledgement from Microsoft

[northcat]

Who the fuck are you?

Re:Admit isn't the right term

[Shotgun]

What happened to Microsoft's IP rights?

Unless you signed a contract when you bought the software, they lost many of them when the store accepted funds from your credit card.

Yes, that's right, children. EULA, click-throughs, little pieces of paper stuck inside a box, any other cutesy little mechanism they try to use to force you to read some verbage before using the program...they are all utter bullshit. The contract was executed when you handed over the money, and follows standard law without a written contract. Anything they have to say afterward is spitting in the wind.