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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:54:44 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com> Date: December 19, 2006 3:02:15 PM EST To: dave () farber net Cc: Robert Alberti <alberti () sanction net> Subject: Re: [IP] Windows Media Player 11 crippleware Microsoft will drive Linux desktop adoption in 2007 By Jack Loftus, Nes Writer 19 Dec 2006 | SearchOpenSource.com As part of a list of predictions for 2007, research firm IDC said Microsoft's client operating system anti-piracy efforts will backfire in 2007. Instead of stamping out software piracy, the campaign will drive customers toward a Linux desktop, said the Framingham, Mass.-based research firm. The anti-piracy program, called Genuine Microsoft Software, weeds out users with unlicensed versions of Windows. When users log into the Microsoft Web page, they are prompted for an OEM license number to validate their version of Windows. If the number is accepted, users obtain access to additional Microsoft services and products, many of which are free. ...http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/ 0,289142,sid39_gci1235668,00.html
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