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Paul Thurrott's WGA Woes Solved
David Horn writes "Last week Slashdot ran an article regarding the trouble Paul Thurrott had with WGA. It turns out that after talking to Microsoft, he was actually running a pirated version of Windows, legitimately purchased from an online vendor. Paul admits that 'the truth is, I just made a mistake. If we learn something from that mistake, fantastic, but I wasn't trying to set up a life lesson for anyone, let alone myself.'"
"Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."
Microsoft sure is trying to silence the masses from knowing all of this!
Yes, it's all a conspiracy theory.
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I don't care whether one man had a problem that was overblown. The original story was enough to dissuade me from buying Windows Vista.
He should be tarred and feathered, and proscuted to the fullest extent of the law... Microsoft's law.
You're right. Everyone assumed that because he was techie enough to write these columns, that he'd be techie enough not to be so fucking stupid as to purchase a pirated copy of Windows.
Come on. He's a fucking news editor and author of several XP tech books. You'll have to forgive all of Slashdot for assuming he'd be bright enough not to make a "mistake" that is more common for a newbie who has never touched a keyboard before. If he's stupid enough to fall for that, I have a feeling he's the sort of person who must reply to email about increasing his penis size, or helping out that poor Nigerian who just wants to share his inheritance.
LOL
you guys spontaneously ejaculated all over your monitors when reading his initial story. you certainly put plenty of credence into his story when it jived with your own agenda. But now that his story ends in a way that you don't like, he suddenly has no credibility and is simply an "M$ fanboy".
you guys are a pathetic joke.