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| Thread ID: 73019 | 2006-10-04 14:45:00 | Microsoft Plans To Cripple Computers | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 489167 | 2006-10-04 14:45:00 | SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp.'s forthcoming Windows Vista will take much harsher steps to curtail piracy than previous versions of its operating system, including crippling the usefulness of computers found to be running unlicensed copies of the new software. (www.msnbc.msn.com) | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 489168 | 2006-10-04 18:13:00 | "If a legitimate copy is not bought within 30 days, the system will curtail functionality much further by restricting users to just the Web browser for an hour at a time," To paraphrase JJJJJ: Our WinXPs become more beloved each day... |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 489169 | 2006-10-04 19:56:00 | Oh the activation thing. Like XP did as well. And here I thought this was going to be a post on all the bloatware and DRM. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 489170 | 2006-10-04 23:03:00 | I got no problems with that, they are only protecting wants thiers Hail the Penguin |
beama (111) | ||
| 489171 | 2006-10-04 23:30:00 | And we are to "trust" Microsoft when they can turn legimate users into pirates (www.theregister.co.uk) | KiwiTT_NZ (233) | ||
| 489172 | 2006-10-05 04:49:00 | Yay! more microstuffed computers thrown out for me and Ziggy to scavenge, rebuild, possibly linuxify, and add to our network :D | personthingy (1670) | ||
| 489173 | 2006-10-05 06:51:00 | Microsoft has been crippling computers for years - for example Internet Explorer 6. | Twelvevolts (5457) | ||
| 489174 | 2006-10-05 12:56:00 | ...How long before they intentionally blow your Hardware? | Cornot (10386) | ||
| 489175 | 2006-10-06 02:29:00 | ...How long before they intentionally blow your Hardware?Almost all software does this by continually "updating" with all the latest "security" and other updates that put a higher demand on the system, often for no good reason. This renders the hardware obsolete, and unusable, which is about the same as "intentionally blow your Hardware". Is it not? | personthingy (1670) | ||
| 489176 | 2006-10-06 11:34:00 | :mad:Damn, no Vista for me now man. Need to back down because the security is so unsecure and most probably most of my old system service software can't run on it. Bloody damn Microsoft. Each of us might respect Linux one day instead of Microsoft OS. :thumbs: You ruled Linux, :groan: but not for games. But at least better than nothing. I hope to see a transparent Linux one day, and hope the desgin will be a lot better than Windows and dreams will come true when the penguin shot down the Window. |
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