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Re: [LUG] nagware coming to windows 7

 

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

Grant.

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