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Microsoft Office Genuine Advantage (OGA)

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the have-to-lock-up-those-.docs dept.

Ant writes "PC World is reporting that Microsoft's Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) program will require mandatory validation of Office software starting October 27 (2006)." From the article: "Similarly, starting in January, users of Office Update will have to validate the legitimacy of their Office software before they can use the service, Microsoft added. Users absolutely hated the first iteration of the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) program, and their protests pressured the company into revising it about a year after it launched in July 2005."

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  1. Open Letter to the OSS Community by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Place both my balls squarely upon your chin and swallow my mighty rod. Fuck you and your filthy bretherin. You will NEVER make a fucking thing of yourselves! Eat shit and enjoy the aftertaste.

    Love always,

    B. Gates

  2. This article and thread are so redundant... by shoolz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...that I feel I can waste slashdot's time rating the superhunks.

  3. ho8o by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    isn't a lemonade fact camev into share. FrreBSD is