Microsoft Crackdown on Piracy

[Jack]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/ptech/10/05/microsoft.piracy.reut/index.html

Bush is dumb. Okay it's not political but this seems like the most reasonable place to put this.


Interesting, MS is definately justified in fighting back against pirates but I wonder if they've considered unintended consequences like a mass movement to Linux. I don't know but it will be interesting to see what happens.

[Incredible Hulctuary]

They're shooting themselves in the foot. Corporations running server software are among the least likely to pirate it, and the most able to switch to Linux.

[Westley]

If it's incredibly easy for paying customers to validate, then it's smart. If it becomes any kind of hassle for legit buyers, then they are stupid for doing this.

[Pseudolus]

They're shooting themselves in the foot. In what language? (http://www.fullduplex.org/humor/2006/10/how-to-shoot-yourself-in-the-foot-in-any-programming-language/)