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Windows Advantage Validation Process On Firefox

Posted by Zonk on from the recognizing-a-worthy-competitor dept.

GraemeDonaldson writes "According to this IE Blog entry, Microsoft seems to be serious about supporting non-IE browsers. Mention is made of a Windows Media Player plugin for Firefox. The Windows Genuine Advantage validation process now works in Firefox too. From the article: 'Basically, customers said "We want to make sure our PCs are running genuine Windows and have access to all the content on the Microsoft Download Center; the experience when we're running a Mozilla browser is not great. Do something about it." Brad's team did. I think that's a good thing for customers.'"

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  1. Re:ooh well by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sorry, I just don't believe that Microsoft's customers were the ones demanding the ability to validate whether or not their version of Windows was legit...

  2. msod down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    despite t4e the rEaper In a Fucking surprise, can be like

  3. Re:Steps one and two in place. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Meanwhile, any bets on whether / when use of the plugin starts "accidentally" introducing vulnerabilities into Mozilla that are exploitable during ordinary browsing?

    No, because you're an idiot. Go back to the usual "M$ M$ OMG! M$ FUD!! M$ M$" then think about what you just wrote.