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Microsoft Launches Comical Effort to Fight Piracy

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the don't-copy-that-floppy dept.

theodp writes "A week before the release of Vista, Microsoft is expanding its fight against software piracy with a new educational effort that includes comics. Making its U.S. debut Monday, the Genuine Fact Files campaign aims to make Microsoft's message more accessible to a broader audience. BTW, Vista's Software Protection Platform (SPP) can put unvalidated copies of the software into a reduced-functionality mode. From the article: 'Microsoft plans to draw attention to it through banner ads on its Web sites and promotional material that it will hand out through partners. By using comics, the company aims to make the message more accessible to a broader audience. They are black and white, in a style similar to newspaper comics.'"

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  1. VISTA = Disincentive by BoRegardless · · Score: 1, Troll

    1. Hard Drive Hog
    2. Hardware intensive (new Hardware req'd)
    3. Reduced functionality mode (if & when something craps out)
    4. Limited ability to load on new hard drives for backup or in case of other failures/upgrages

    I just have to wonder if Microsoft may have to turn VISTA into FOSS?

    They earn their money off of the wholesale price as sold to the box makers and that is it. You download your extra copies for free.

    If they are going to compete in the long run against Unix/Linux, that may be their only choice UNLESS...

    Microsoft could start their own PC Box Company, and come up with a tricky catchy name like MicroBox.

    Then they could go head to head against Apple.