hmmm... that is such a big loss to the pirates. I am sure they will cry. Where did you hear this news... I have a windows 95 box where I lost the license - does this count ?
Well yeah but some people wont pay for any software at all even when they can afford it. I will only use copied software if it is priced far to high just an upgrade for Photoshop is £90 you can buy Windows for less than this.
Is this just for XP? Or Win2000Pro too? Crackers will always find an alternative way, thats a fact...... Like ol' Gatesy can complain..he makes more money in a day than we do in a year.
It's not really the point though I can understand that if I made something I would want to get paid for it, not have people just copy my work that I had put lots of time and money into reseaching and developing. He makes his money though the fact that everybody who has a computer uses his software and services the guy well deserves what he has really we can all only wish to be as successful as he is. But as I say my only annoyance is the price of certain software. (Not Windows which I think is quite reasonabley priced compared to other software)
If I was someone with a pirated copy of windows, whats to prevent me from canceling the update that installs that message?
I agree with abhi here. If a OS/PC has made you earn thousand of dollars. Why not give it something back by buying a original version. Trust me having a original version gives you a proud and a totally different feeling.
Having an original version is fine, but having an original version for each pc, when you have 3-4 in the house is what takes the biscuit. There should be somekind of a household license But with Vista due out at christmas? is anyone going to care about the next windows update anyway? it won't be around long until vista is out, and I believe that has somekind of hardware integration for software piracy? I'm only talking about things i've heard here, so please correct me if im wrong.
Good point about the multiple computer situation. At the moment the best you can do is but a multiple windows pack with three licenses in the one package, as far as I know.
That's sad. It wud have been even worse if u had such company whose wares were out in the market. XP Definitely. Apart from that, i think all the windows version which update themselves shud be a part of it Windows is nothing compared to other softwares. U r right. It's the same way, that someone makes a site and i copy his stuff only to make more profits than he does. But on the other hand, i really don't think that there wud be an end to piracy That thing will be downloaded for sure. But you won't get any message as u r using a genuine copy of windows Exactly. that's the only possible solution. Besides that i think there should be different commercial packages available. Dunno much about that, so won't go deep into that
lol this is 1 of the funniest things ive heard, if msn has the power to know who uses a pirated windows, why dont they just disable many of the features, and to tell u the truth, i hate IE7, its horrible..i wish i could swtich back to IE6
the other day i was updating and there was an error, when i restarted my windows showed a piracy message like that.. and i HAVE original software, it's a Sony Vaio which of course included Windows XP :| the message hasn't appeared again, but i was like WTF!!!
Well yeah your right it does seem a bit strange that all they would do is give you a message. As you say why would they not just stop windows working at all? Yeah your right IE sucks not just 7 but all IE's Yeah there is some malware going round at the min that does this I have herd of it from a few diffrent places, I have herd that you get a star in your system tray and to get rid of it you need to uninstall your security system and reinstall to get rid of it. But the persoin who told me this was instructed to do this by there security software, I think they were running Norton.
Well said my man...well said.... I am your fan now. Specially of your Avatar. Thank you for opening my eyes.
I think we're all missing the biggest point (mistake?) that's wrong about what MS is doing... If the OS can detect whether it's a legit copy or not... why allow ANY access at all?? It doesn't make sense to only show a message!! Shut the whole thing down!! It's like a car alarm that turns the car on for you!!!
It's actually very different from the car alarm as you have no rights to the car at any time until you've paid for it. There can be no accidents, misunderstandings etc. It's all very clear cut. In the world of software it's different. You may have thought you had a legit copy? And if you try it (with limited access - I use a legit copy of Photoshop LE) you may decide you want the full copy and decide to pay. If they shut you down you'll be angry and more likely to go with the opposition. And finally, there is an ethical dilemma common to all software producers about locking people out of their property. See, the computer holds all your files and if it won't let you in then it's preventing you from accessing what is legally yours. Nevermind that you, perhaps, had no right to put it there in the first place. So, when you are using limited software the systems that lock you out will generally produce a file that can be read by some other system - such as an image or a document. Systems where the data is held internally, in a database for instance, will tend to have reduced features but never lock you out. I sit on both sides of this argument so I've had plenty of time to think about it
Maybe that could have a negative impact. Imagine if that would be case, more than 50% people wud stop using windows and look for an alternate os. Microsoft perhaps think the other way around. Whatever be the case. The guy at microsoft has lot of mind. We can just imagine what he is upto. You said it! I totally agree with you sarah He He. You always have a solution to everything.
Like I said earlier, there may be people who don't know they have a pirate copy. The computer owner is not always aware of exactly what was installed. SarahK makes some good points about the ethical dilemmas faced by Microsoft. I always assumed that the biggest ethical problem associated with this is the danger of viruses and spam. If you discourage pirate machines from updating then you face the prospect of millions more zombie machines sending spam and viruses to all the legitimate Windows customers. And you can bet that if an update came out that disabled the software, more people would refuse to download the update, or reinstall another pirated copy, than would be stuck without an operating system.