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Microsoft Kills Office Anti-Piracy Program

Posted by Soulskill on from the euphemistically-named-drm dept.

CWmike writes "Microsoft last week killed the Office Genuine Advantage anti-piracy service that first checked — and later nagged — whether customers were running legal copies of Office. ZDNet blogger Ed Bott first reported on Microsoft's move after a tipster pointed him toward a support document on the company's site. That Dec. 17 document simply noted that Office Genuine Advantage 'has been retired,' but offered no explanation. A Microsoft spokeswoman told Computerworld on Monday, 'The program has served its purpose and thus we have decided to retire the program.'"

4 of 233 comments (clear)

  1. Office Genuine Advantage has served its purpose? by clone52431 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did they mean there’s no longer any advantage to using Genuine Office?

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  2. It's only $149, why pirate? by 1800maxim · · Score: 2, Funny

    Get MS Office Home & Student edition, pay a rather reasonable cost of $149 (CDN) and live and breathe free! This version will satisfy most people's needs with Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

  3. Re:Statistics by sconeu · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh no... not again.

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  4. Re:It didn't work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, please. You call that citing?

    [1] Mom, Your (2010), Report on the Effectiveness of OGA in a heterogenous business environment, Journ. of Sex. Interc., 1, 5-911.

    See? Now everyone can look it up.