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Microsoft Giving away windows XP for free

Originally posted by: Juice Box
...except everyone can just say 'I downloaded it'
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Not quite:

In a scoop, BetaNews says users of dodgy copies of Windows XP need only fill in a wee form, hand over the receipt they got from the bloke in the grey mac in the pub that they bought it off and send off the pirate disk to Vole Central.
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Let's see:

Bootleg copy that doesn't require activation/registration/phone calls/etc

versus

Free copy from Microsoft that requires activation/phone call if you change too much hardware/etc

. . .
 
Originally posted by: codeyf
Originally posted by: Juice Box
...except everyone can just say 'I downloaded it'
Click to expand...

Not quite:

In a scoop, BetaNews says users of dodgy copies of Windows XP need only fill in a wee form, hand over the receipt they got from the bloke in the grey mac in the pub that they bought it off and send off the pirate disk to Vole Central.
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ohhh....heh...who the hell will provide a reciept for something like that?
 
Originally posted by: Juice Box
Originally posted by: codeyf
Originally posted by: Juice Box
...except everyone can just say 'I downloaded it'
Click to expand...

Not quite:

In a scoop, BetaNews says users of dodgy copies of Windows XP need only fill in a wee form, hand over the receipt they got from the bloke in the grey mac in the pub that they bought it off and send off the pirate disk to Vole Central.
Click to expand...
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ohhh....heh...who the hell will provide a reciept for something like that?
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Exactly. What's funny is, give it enough time and someone will start giving out fake cd's WITH a fake receipt just so they can turn around and get a legit license!
 
Originally posted by: cjgallen
Let's see:

Bootleg copy that doesn't require activation/registration/phone calls/etc

versus

Free copy from Microsoft that requires activation/phone call if you change too much hardware/etc

. . .
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For the majority of all people that use Windows XP, this is simply not an issue.
 
Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: cjgallen
Let's see:

Bootleg copy that doesn't require activation/registration/phone calls/etc

versus

Free copy from Microsoft that requires activation/phone call if you change too much hardware/etc

. . .
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For the majority of all people that use Windows XP, this is simply not an issue.
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The majority don't bootleg it either. I my experience, it's the hobbyist system builders that will opt to bootleg it rather than pay for it. Of course I have nothing to back this up other than my own personal observation.
 
Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: cjgallen
Let's see:

Bootleg copy that doesn't require activation/registration/phone calls/etc

versus

Free copy from Microsoft that requires activation/phone call if you change too much hardware/etc

. . .
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For the majority of all people that use Windows XP, this is simply not an issue.
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Let's face it, the average pirater isn't exactly your average Win XP user.
 
Originally posted by: cjgallen
Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: cjgallen
Let's see:

Bootleg copy that doesn't require activation/registration/phone calls/etc

versus

Free copy from Microsoft that requires activation/phone call if you change too much hardware/etc

. . .
Click to expand...

For the majority of all people that use Windows XP, this is simply not an issue.
Click to expand...

The majority don't bootleg it either. I my experience, it's the hobbyist system builders that will opt to bootleg it rather than pay for it. Of course I have nothing to back this up other than my own personal observation.
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its so true....why pay $150 for a copy of a program you can get for free....when that $150 can go towards better hardware? 😀
 
Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: cjgallen
Let's see:

Bootleg copy that doesn't require activation/registration/phone calls/etc

versus

Free copy from Microsoft that requires activation/phone call if you change too much hardware/etc

. . .
Click to expand...

For the majority of all people that use Windows XP, this is simply not an issue.
Click to expand...

Let's face it, the average pirater isn't exactly your average Win XP user.
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I don't really think you understand what this is aimed at.

Piracy on a commerical level is much more rampant in the EU and Eastern Asia (note, I'm talking about where it's created right now, not where its purchased. I know the article talks about the US). I'm talking about people going into a store in a random part of town, and thinking they're purchasing a legitimate copy of Windows XP. Or getting a pre-assembled computer with what they think is a legitimate copy of Windows XP. Or ordering from those shady websites online.

This is what Microsoft is aiming for. The factories that crank out hundreds of thousands of copies of the software that is professionally done to look legitimate. They send these copies into the US, and people get swindled.
 
Originally posted by: BigJ
I don't really think you understand what this is aimed at.

Piracy on a commerical level is much more rampant in the EU and Eastern Asia. I'm talking about people going into a store in a random part of town, and thinking they're purchasing a legitimate copy of Windows XP. Or getting a pre-assembled computer with what they think is a legitimate copy of Windows XP.

This is what Microsoft is aiming for. The factories that crank out hundreds of thousands of copies of the software that is professionally done to look legitimate. They send these copies into the US, and people get swindled.
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I agree completely. Don't do after the leechers, go for the distributors 😉
 
thinking from a pirater's perspective... why would they take this deal knowing it could shut down their opportunity for the next release of Windows ?
 
bootleg corp windows > legal windows

i install my bootleg corp on all my dell with legal windows xp pro licenses too.
 
wow, good incenitve, but thats stupid about all the infor thing.
I mean, whos gonna give you a recipt for an illegal copy?
 
Originally posted by: Jnetty99
Maybe i could snitch my old workplace that has all bootleg copies and i get a free copy.
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were you the one that installed the bootlegs? 😛
 
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