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Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Microsoft Vista and Pirates

Microsot has come up with a plan to thwart illegal software copies. The solution ? They will lock out anyone who does not register their OS within 30 days ! I wonder how long it is going to take for some skilled cracker to reverse engineer the code.

It will not actually lock you out just give you real limited functionallity. Which would suck. During the 30 days you will get popups. Lovely. Letting you know that you must register.

During this grace period warnings will be displayed and Vista will block access to the Windows Defender anti-spyware tool, ReadyBoost memory expansion feature and Aero advanced graphics option, Microsoft said.

Just run Linux. IMAO