Microsoft wins seven figure sum from distie
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| Microsoft has won a seven figure sum from a distributor found guilty of
| selling tens of thousands of items of dodgy software.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/12/10/microsoft_big_pirate_win/
Microsoft needs more cash now. It can't just move money between the 'buckets'
forever.
Related:
Software Notebook: Microsoft's cash pile isn't what it used to be
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| But Microsoft has taken a series of steps to reduce its cash
| balance. Specifically, by Microsoft's count, the company has
| paid out nearly $100 billion through dividends and repurchasing
| its own stock in the past five years.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/309852_software02.html
Microsoft Happy with the Evolution of Windows Vista Piracy
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| But the truth is that Microsoft is happy with the way Windows Vista
| piracy is evolving. Is there a catch to this? No. The fact of the
| matter is that Windows Vista has delivered a heavy blow to
| software counterfeiters. The reason for this is the new Windows
| Genuine Advantage security mechanism integrated into the
| operating system.
|
| You may not notice this on the surface. On the surface, the
| Internet is crawling with Windows Vista cracks, hacks and
| workarounds. On the surface, every Windows Vista edition has
| been cracked and is available for download via peer-to-peer
| networks. But this is not the true extent of Windows Vista piracy.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Happy-with-the-Evolution-of-Windows-Vista-Piracy-50577.shtml
Microsoft seals its Windows and opens the door to Linux
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| Now comes the really interesting question. With Vista's activation
| technology, Microsoft has the power to stamp out piracy everywhere. But
| will it choose to do so everywhere? After all, if folks in China or
| Thailand or Ethiopia have to pay for Vista, they won't be able to run
| it because they won't be able to afford the licence fee. In which case
| they may finally wake up to the attractions of free software such as
| Linux - and it's easy to imagine what that will do to Microsoft's
| plans for world domination.
|
| It's a delicious prospect: Microsoft impaling itself on the horns
| of a dilemma it has created for itself. Roll on Thursday.
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http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1956941,00.html
Hypocrisy off the port bow!
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| Admiral Holleyman of the Bull Shit Association dares claim that our craft
| makes his skainsmates lose (that's the opposite o' win, for all ye
| spelling-retarded coppocias) $11 billion US dollars every year. Hoy-day! A
| flight of fancy I've ne'er seen before such bardleture came before me! Such
| presumptuous posy overflows my yellow bile. As if every man of the
| brotherhood would actually buy the programs he pirates! Bah! Next, I wager
| he'll be so bloody daft to presume that blokes should actually read a license
| agreement, the likes o' which have never been, and may yet never be enforced
| in full.
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http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/364
Toward An Effective "Anti-Piracy" Policy
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| I recently wrote an article suggesting Freedom and Trust go hand in hand. A
| copyleft license extends far more trust than establishing a para-law
| enforcement agency like the Business Software Alliance to enforce a license
| which is largely unenforceable anyway. It is not the law that weakens
| enforceability, but the lack of resources. Meanwhile, the copyleft prevents
| your competition from gaining an unfair advantage in the marketplace.
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http://blue-gnu.biz/content/toward_effective_quot_anti_piracy_quot_policy
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