| Re: Microsoft Fined for stealing Activation Program.
"Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@mvps.org> wrote in message
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>> Alias wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> [url]http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131339[/url]
>>> Now ain't that nice, MS gets fined for stealing WPA. The irony! MS gets
>>> conviction of stealing the program they use to make sure no one steals
>>> from them!
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>> Oh, that is priceless! Thanks for sharing. :)
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>> DRM and unintended consequences:
>> [url]http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=435&tag=nl.e101[/url][/color]
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> Its states an infringement of a patent, not theft directly. Either way, it
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Why in the world would MS do something like this?
They must have thought it was worth the price.
I took Bill Gates for smarter than that.
<H>.
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> Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
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