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Microsoft Demands Removal Of Longhorn Images

Posted by timothy on from the now-there's-a-marketing-move dept.

bonch writes "After the previously reported release of the Longhorn beta at this year's WinHEC, Neowin and other Windows sites are reporting that Microsoft is going around sending legal letters demanding removal of Longhorn Build 5048 screenshots. Paul Thurrott discusses it on his site, stating that Microsoft never told anyone beforehand not to post screenshots of the publicly available beta, and links to the new galleries he has up now. 'Enjoy it while it lasts.'"

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  1. How to avoid. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Just set up your mailserver to reply with an IIS/Error or something. Let them send you a snail mail then, ask back why, then maybe remove them. It might take about 1 month, enought for everyone to see.

  2. Re:FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    See first post subject.

  3. !tsrif tsop! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    TSRIF TSOP
    !!!SREKCUF

    1. Re:!tsrif tsop! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      !!!TI LIAF UOY

  4. People don't suck, corporations and the rich do... by John+Seminal · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Seriously, why would you say people suck because of what MS does? People are fighting for different options. It is MS trying to force their OS on the world. How? By lobbying governments to not use Linux (In cases where MS will lose, they give away a stripped down version of windows for free). By supporting lawsuits aginst linux, like SCO. By never releasing a finished OS, by changing the EULA when you get a update, by leaving you hanging when they decide to stop support for an OS. MS is the one treating people like crap, not the people!

    --

    Rosco: "If brains were gunpowder, Enos couldn't blow his nose."

  5. Re:Screenshots? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh, shut up you freakin' pansy.

  6. First the gays, now the nda's by Zane+Edwards · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sure they can remove our rights. Sure they can remove our screenshots, but can they remove the viruses?

  7. Re:Screenshots? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh, shut up you fucking pirate.

  8. Re:Screenshots? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Are you saying that the Nazis ran Windows?

  9. Re:Screenshots? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    best post ever. seriously dude, that's awesome.

  10. Re:Screenshots? slashdotted... I think not. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I bet this is one server that won't get slashdotted.