Microsoft Marketing to OS Pirates, Just Agree to Audits!

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday October 3, 2007 @02:34AM from the isn't-that-wacky dept.

Stony Stevenson writes "In the latest sign that Microsoft expects to support its Windows XP operating system for the foreseeable future, the company has introduced a new licensing program designed to let users of fake or pirated copies of the business version of the OS upgrade to fully licensed copies. To qualify, users of illegitimate versions of Windows XP Pro must pledge to use only genuine Microsoft software going forward and agree to have their software infrastructure audited. Resellers who push the Get Genuine Windows Agreement to customers will get a cut of any new license fees they generate, Microsoft said."

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your choice by htricia · 2007-10-03 02:51 · Score: 0, Troll

I don't think Microsoft is doing anything wrong here, if they make a bit of profit on this good for them. But if you are using a pirated copy and pay & agree to them then you are the idiot. Microsoft banks on making money off of idiots.