Oops, I guess I should have answered your first question.
No, there's no way to tell which edition it is. There are no splash screens or labels giving away which version you're using. It's the same 2600 build that everyone else gets, minus the activation.
However, if you downloaded it off the net in the form of an iso file, then that's the corporate version. I've seen enough of them going around. To be honest, I don't think the retail version is floating around much at all. Everyone seems to want the one without activation. Heh, can you blame them?
During the installation, there will be a point where it will ask you if you want to Activate Windows. Then, after that is complete, it will ask you if you want to register with Microsoft to recieve spam, etc. In the Corporate edition, it will only ask you if you want to register. You won't be prompted for activation.
And also, when you boot up, you won't see a timer in the taskbar notifying you that you have x number of days to activate Windows.
From what I've heard, the corporate edition was made for large corps who bought multiple licences. That way they wouldn't have to activate 1000+ computers. That's a total pain in the ass. So MS made the Activation-free version for their benefit.
Holy shit! I just fucked two lesbians at the same time!
I'm not talking about the tubby man-hating kind either. I'm talking about two beautiful modelesque fucking lesbians!
Holy fuck, I can die a happy man now!
You forgot one thing. Oh yeah, it's called the DMCA. Wouldn't it be funny if Microsoft started letting the hounds loose at the first sign of hacked X-boxes?
Nevermind the boxes, isn't it illegal just to publish that kind of information these days?
Well, here's the thing. The open source community means shit to Apple. Afterall, what can they do, bitch and whine on mailing lists about how evil patents are?
That's all they ever seem to do.
Seriously now, what can a community who carries no clout in the industry do to Apple?
Boycott? Pfft! Don't give me that. I'm still waiting for Taco to give up his anime DVD habit.
The fact is, Apple was around long before open source. They'll probably be around long after open source is gone (especially with MS keeping them afloat). I doubt they would miss them much if they were to take their business elsewhere.
I'll have to agree with the other guy who replied to your comment. You're really not all that bright are you?
For one, I'm posting at -1 be default, dumbass.
Second of all, learn to fucking spell!
Why, so we can be ridiculed and banned by a bunch of self-righteous Linux zealots who think they're the god of everything living and breathing because they know how to use a command prompt and mount a hard disk?
No thanks.
It's people like that who ensure that Linux will never be taken seriously by the mainstream.
The addition of 'frothing at the mouth zealots' to the Gnome group is going to make them look like an even bigger joke than they already are.
RMS's addition will be the best thing that ever happened to KDE.
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No, there's no way to tell which edition it is. There are no splash screens or labels giving away which version you're using. It's the same 2600 build that everyone else gets, minus the activation.
However, if you downloaded it off the net in the form of an iso file, then that's the corporate version. I've seen enough of them going around. To be honest, I don't think the retail version is floating around much at all. Everyone seems to want the one without activation. Heh, can you blame them?
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And also, when you boot up, you won't see a timer in the taskbar notifying you that you have x number of days to activate Windows.
From what I've heard, the corporate edition was made for large corps who bought multiple licences. That way they wouldn't have to activate 1000+ computers. That's a total pain in the ass. So MS made the Activation-free version for their benefit.
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Road spike strips are a beautiful thing.
*hint*hint*
Preach on, brotha!
Just do what I did and download the corporate version. It comes without WPA!
Ahem. See: Slashdot Effect, dumbass.
Isn't Katz supposed to be writing the half-assed reviews around here? Or did you fire his sorry gerbil-stuffing ass?
Please tell me you fired him?
I haven't seen it posted yet. And it saved me a lot of time from having to visit a slashdotted link.
+5 informative.. Bitch!
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Screw the smallpox, I just fucked two lesbians!
Holy shit! I just fucked two lesbians at the same time!
I'm not talking about the tubby man-hating kind either. I'm talking about two beautiful modelesque fucking lesbians!
Holy fuck, I can die a happy man now!
Not bloody likely!
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You forgot one thing. Oh yeah, it's called the DMCA. Wouldn't it be funny if Microsoft started letting the hounds loose at the first sign of hacked X-boxes?
Nevermind the boxes, isn't it illegal just to publish that kind of information these days?
That's all they ever seem to do.
Seriously now, what can a community who carries no clout in the industry do to Apple?
Boycott? Pfft! Don't give me that. I'm still waiting for Taco to give up his anime DVD habit.
The fact is, Apple was around long before open source. They'll probably be around long after open source is gone (especially with MS keeping them afloat). I doubt they would miss them much if they were to take their business elsewhere.
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Agreed.
For one, I'm posting at -1 be default, dumbass.
Second of all, learn to fucking spell!
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Not if terrorists bring your plane down on one of the national monuments, you won't.
What are you guys, a bunch of raving homosexuals?
Chips are for pussy's. Real men bring rectum rippers to their lan/star parties.
P.S. Yes, I can see the irony calling them rectum rippers and having the nerve to call you guys fags. ;p
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And Jesus said unto thee, let there be goatse.cx! And they rejoiced.
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Well then, I stand corrected. No one took FreeBSD seriously to begin with.
btw, your Zealots are missing their A's. ;p
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Yay, no one fucking cares.
Why, so we can be ridiculed and banned by a bunch of self-righteous Linux zealots who think they're the god of everything living and breathing because they know how to use a command prompt and mount a hard disk?
No thanks.
It's people like that who ensure that Linux will never be taken seriously by the mainstream.
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RMS's addition will be the best thing that ever happened to KDE.
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