The Skinny on Windows SPP and Reduced Functionality in Vista
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| Microsoft began its aggressive campaign against software piracy in Office
| XP and Windows XP with functionality called Office product activation
| (OPA) and Windows product activation (WPA).
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9004970
Just Say No to Windows Vista
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| And finally, get ready for linux. OS X (the operating system of Macintosh)
| is widely held as the easiest-to-use operating system. Guess what - it's
| built on Unix. That's the same OS that linux derives from. I've tried to
| use Linux. It's not ready for the primetime yet. But it has come a long,
| long way towards being as friendly - if not friendlier - than Windows.
| Many linux advocates are already sensing that the coming of Windows
| Vista will bring a sea-change in operating system use as users
| disgusted with the crippled and expensive MS offering look for
| cheaper and freer (as in liberty) alternatives. Give Linux another
| 2 years of development (and Windows XP should be fine for the nextt
| wo years) and Linux just may be a step up in convenience from Windows XP.
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http://www.errorforum.com/microsoft-operating-systems-error/420-just-say-no-windows-vista.html#post1850
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