IP: MS offers rewards to system builders who "snitch"

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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>Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:24:20 -0600
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>From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
>Subject: MS offers rewards to system builders who "snitch"
>
>Microsoft, apparently intent on requiring corporate customers to buy 
>Windows twice (once with each PC and again as part of corporate licensing 
>programs), is offering "prizes" to system builders who report the receipt 
>of RFPs for systems without Windows installed. This program appears to be 
>intended to reveal to Microsoft the identities of companies which either 
>use alternative operating systems or have attempted to avoid purchasing 
>two Windows licenses for each machine. See
>
>http://www.aaxnet.com/news/M010425.html
>
>--Brett Glass
>



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