Pirates crack vista
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| Pantheon has released cracks specifically for Acer, DELL, HP,
| Lenovo that come along with the OEM product keys.
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http://www.irintech.com/x1/blogarchive.php?id=1134
Nobody knows Linux
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| A Microsoft Vista DVD costs the equivalent of $3. You can get WindowsXP
| for $1.50. OfficeXP, $1.15. Where? Computer Village.
|
| [...]
|
| A RedHat v10 six CD set costs anywhere from $5 to $7, depending
| on your bargaining skills. I got my guy down to about $5.30, and
| told him I'd be back to make the purchase. Either that, or maybe
| I'll get a free Ubuntu CD. Feisty Fawn. That same CD that Ubuntu
| ships out for free, costs about $2 at Computer Village.
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http://clickafricana.com/technology/nobody-knows-linux/
It has become very apparent (based on seevral articles) that Intel and
Microsoft had a coordinated attack on the OLPC, a not-for-profit project
that happened to choose free software and low-cost AMD chips.
Related:
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
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| Specifically, Bill Gates, citing China as an example, said:
|
| "Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but
| people don't pay for the software," he said. "Someday they will, though.
| As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours.
| They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to
| collect sometime in the next decade."
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http://www.cybersource.com.au/press/gates_set_to_addict_next_billion.html
Negroponte says Intel should be "ashamed of itself"
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| He is furious that Intel's CEO Craig Barrett called the One Laptop a
| gadget. The Negroponte initiative is caught in the middle of a vicious
| fight between AMD and Intel, he said.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39733
One Laptop Per Child - Production Delays Caused By Microsoft, Intel?
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| I sincerely hope that no matter what the people who are running the
| OLPC project decide, that their project will continue and not get
| bogged down in a play of corporate greed and ambitions.
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http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/blade/2007/04/28/one-laptop-per-child-production-delays-caused-by-microsoft-intel/
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