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One In Five Windows Installs Is Non-Genuine
snib writes "Microsoft disclosed Monday that, according to reports collected by the notorious Windows Genuine Advantage tool on millions of users' PCs, 22% of all Windows installs do not pass its validation tests and have therefore been deemed non-genuine. Quoting: 'Since WGA launched in July 2005, over 512 million users have attempted to validate their copy of Windows, Microsoft said. Of those, the non-genuine rate was 22.3 percent... [T]he Business Software Alliance... reports that 35 percent of the world's software is pirated (22 percent in North America)...'"
Apart from windows you don't pirate anything else? LOL You're still a thieving pirate. and probably a homo!
You cock-smoking teabaggers.
"I would look at there program first, then accuse everyone of steeling second."
Why? I haven't meet an honest Windows user yet. If not the OS, it's the applications like Photoshop, etc that is pirated.
Unknown.
Who in their right mind would waste the time and energy (and sanity) to crack Windows... ew... Linux for life!
Your story is telling...mostly telling lies.
Added RAM? that alone wont cause it to need a new key.
But, you will say, it DID I ahve proof that I can't seem to find.
To which I will reply: Fine, Why didn't you just call Microsoft?
You will, of course, reply M$ is teh suck, and I am 313373 hax0r.
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So tell me what an OS is worth with very good OSs going for:
1. Linux = $0.00 per copy
2. MacOSX = $190 per family pack for 5 computers
3. Windows VISTA = $400 or so for 1-2 computers
When something is virtually a pure commodity, and not where you do your work (the application is what is important), how much is it really worth?
In the stock market or the pharmacy or hardware store, you pick your screwdriver and you pay the price or you bid on it on eBay. When are Windows VISTA copies going to just be sold by Microsoft on eBay to the highest bidder, maybe 10 at a time?
Why does VISTA have any value? What great and wonderful end-user benefits accrue to acquiring such a behemoth?
What happens if VISTA is launched into Retail, and 85% of the users wants SP Pro instead. If 2 years out VISTA hasn't even reached 50% of the PC market, will VISTA be called the most expensive software blunder in history?
22% got what they paid for.
$2B OR NOT $2B = $FF
I know I'll be modded troll for this, but I just don't give a flying fuck.
I hereby deduct one point from your diatribe's validity score for presuming that programmers are artists. I deduct another point for not addressing product issues. I deduct another point for attempting to second-guess marketing of a product you do not understand. I deduct another point for characterizing your criticism as "constructive" when it was simply an opportunity to bluster about web pages. Finally, I deduct another point for being offtopic. Your final score is zero. Thank you for playing. :)
I've fallen off your lawn, and I can't get up.