The Low Down

Microsoft warns pirates

Just can't wait the X weeks it takes to make the wage and buy the system with your own money?

Well I suggest watching this film on copyright and listen close.

Microsoft, on the losing end of software piracy for many many years, has implemented a new feature for their upcoming OS Vista and their server system "Longhorn." This feature will be restricted "non-genuine" facility of the system.

If within 30 days of installation registration has not occured the system enter a non-genuine mode with considerably reduced capabilities and will also display a bubble in the lower right corner continuously stating "This copy of Windows is not genuine."

I think it's a great idea and hope it will be so unbearable to use that it makes a deant in the issue of software piracy.

I am supporter of opensource software myself and while on a Mac currently, excellent interface and does well with BSD, I am moving to linux momentarily and so am not quite in the same boat as the Windows user, but I'm in complete support of Microsoft's move in this and personally hope it is as illfunctional as Safe mode minus the perks of safe mode.

posted by Kombucha @ 10/08/2006 02:41:00 PM