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Microsoft Wins Windows XP WGA Lawsuit
Rish writes "A lawsuit that accused Microsoft of misleading consumers to download and install an update for Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) under the guise that it was critical security update has been tossed out. Last month, a federal judge refused to certify the lawsuit as a class action, which would have meant anyone who owned a Windows XP PC in mid-2006 could join the case without having to hire an attorney, and on Friday the same judge dismissed the case completely."
Ah, I see. Microsoft has bribed the judges. That was probably a good idea. Seems affective.
@CmdrTaco That comment has nothing to do with this article.
These days it's really ass backwards not to have a legal copy of XP. XP Pro can be had on eBay for ~$40 per copy. If that's so hard, then maybe you can't really afford the PC that you have...
What are you mumbling about? Really, can we have some meat with your scrawny post?
/me waits for a DCMA takedown notice to fly from Redmond to Slashdot's headquarter :D
I has a similar situation.
The patriot act was the final straw for me and what ultimately forced my hand. I have migrated to North Korea and will never look back.
Their lockdown comes with a prettier UI and a bigger price tag, so you know it's a quality shafting you're getting!
Finally had enough. Come see us over at https://soylentnews.org/
You were so upset by WGA that you decided to do business with Super-Lockdown-Incorporated? Really?
Posts like these are what's great about Slashdot. You read the opinions here, and you get a really good understanding of how real people feel about things.
Reading the mainstream tech sites, you'd think that customers loved Apple's products. That people were lining up to buy Apple's crap, that its customers were loyal and highly satisfied, that Apple was making tons of money, and that its products Just Worked the way people wanted them to.
Here on Slashdot, we learn the ugly truth. Apple's products don't let you do anything. Its customers must be horribly dissatisfied, and nobody ever makes the mistake of doing business with Apple twice.
Typical AC. Shilling for Microsoft again... Fuck your copyrights and licenses!
/me waits for a DCMA takedown notice to fly from Redmond to Slashdot's headquarter :D
Too late. Already copy-pasted to a local file on my hard disk, and ready to appear on my website once it goes down from Slashdot. Website hosted outside of the US of course.
And probably hundreds of other Slashdotters living in the free world have done exactly the same.
I've had Ubuntu break after updates and a failed video card. Superior is not the word I would use.
-]Phreak Out[-
Windows CD and the key it comes with and Ill fix it", when they cant produce it, they shut up.
No... they don't... And if they do then you aren't getting paid. If you're really an ass and they still want to do business with you then they will bring you a burned disk with the key written on it that has no service packs or fixes slip-streamed. The only way to win is not to play the game, and by that I mean go out of business and die in a ditch somewhere...
Computer repair almost always equals you have just broken some law. OEM copy's of windows are tied to the motherboard so legally if you need to replace that you have to sell a new copy of windows but that never happens and yes Microsoft doesn't hold people to that most of the time but I have had it come up a few times lately where I call in. Wasting 30 minutes calling in repeatedly rather sucks. Sometimes you get the automated system and no problems, sometimes not. Not sure how they have it rigged.