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Re: [LUG] nagware coming to windows 7

 

On Thu, 25 Feb 2010, Max Siegieda wrote:

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/12/windows_7_genuine_patch/

It seems a new patch for windows 7 will scan for things such as
activation work arounds etc,

even better reason for us as a lug to stop stalling and step up our
efforts further and push the free software advantage,

You make that sound scary, all it's doing is adding a slightly more up to
date version of <car-salesman-voice> genuine windows advantage
</car-salesman-voice> that we can even opt out of, and that's been in use
for years. This news = meh.

Until the license-key that you're using is abused by a hacker and MS then thinks that your box is pirated and shuts it down.

And if your box is a server in a data centre, far far away and it's hosting some really important websites ...

Good luck there, then ...

Gordon

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