[IP] more on Windows Media Player 11 crippleware

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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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.

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http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/ 
0,289142,sid39_gci1235668,00.html



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