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."

Comments

I called it.

[the roAm]

http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1520814&cid=30859460

Worlds stupidst program

[Murdoch5]

What other OS requires you download a program to tell if the OS is genuine? The answer, only an insecure company who own a monopoly.

Re:No good

[rbanffy]

You can also repair the computers by installing software that's free, technically superior and reasonably more secure than Windows.

You can download yours from: http://www.ubuntu.com/ http://www.debian.org/ http://freebsd.org/ and so on.

Re:They may have won in the courts....

[Rockoon]

Because its Apple Genuine Advantage Hardware instead.

Did you think OS/X ran without talking to the apple chip to verify that everything is from apple? Really?

Re:No good

[Mister Whirly]

Yeah, easy enough. I took your advice and installed Debian on my 83 year old grandmother's computer. Now if you could just kindly give her a call and walk her through sudoing and configuring her iptables, and then getting her wireless card installed, and her printer working, that would be just great. I would, but I don't have 37 hours to spare.

Re:No good

[Hognoxious]

when the wheels come off your car you don't really care if it was the manufacturer of the body or the wheels who screwed up.

I'd have thought that someone like you who can't get enough camel-jockey cock would just put it down to allah's will.