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Old 04-10-2009, 10:40 AM
The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
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Re: Microsoft Fined for stealing Activation Program.

Canuck57 wrote:[color=blue]
> "The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'"
> <me211@privacy.net> wrote in message news:grm84p$tgk$1@aioe.org...[color=green]
>> 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!
>>>
>>> Alias[/color]
>> Oh, that is priceless! Thanks for sharing. :)
>>
>> --
>> "Software is like sex, it's better when it's free."
>> - Linus Torvalds
>>
>> DRM and unintended consequences:
>> [url]http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=435&tag=nl.e101[/url][/color]
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> Microsoft is like government, it is OK for them to steal and they hate
> competition.[/color]

What you say is true, but I personally think they are worse than the gov't.
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> Linus has it right.
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I concur! It's just nice to see them get caught at their own game!

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"Software is like sex, it's better when it's free."
- Linus Torvalds

DRM and unintended consequences:
[url]http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=435&tag=nl.e101[/url]
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Old 04-10-2009, 10:40 AM