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Re: [LUG] nagware coming to windows 7

 

On Fri, 26 Feb 2010, Grant Sewell wrote:

On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:02:55 +0000 (GMT)
Gordon Henderson wrote:

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 ...

"A Windows server box", "in a data centre", "hosting really important
websites"?  You're seriously putting those phrases together and
expecting us not to laugh? :D

Well, indeed, yes. I realise that only a fool would do this, but there's that old saying: A fool and his money are soon parted...

Gordon


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