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[News] [Rival] Microsoft Office to Start Nagging More (for Cash)

Microsoft to add the Genuine Advantage ‘nag’ to Office

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| Microsoft is set to begin a pilot of a new Genuine Advantage anti-piracy 
| mechanism for Office that will add a “nag-like” feature, akin to what is now 
| part of Windows Vista, to Office.  
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1322

This is suicide. They must really need more people to actually /pay/ for that
stuff (very few do, except for in the West).


Recent:

Microsoft says to borrow money for Yahoo deal

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| Microsoft Corp said on Monday it may borrow money for the first time in its 
| history to fund a portion of its $44.6 billion unsolicited offer for Yahoo 
| Inc.  
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http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN0455692920080205


Microsoft's DreamSpark – What a Giveaway

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| The rest of the $44.6bn (£22.3bn) deal would be financed with an undisclosed 
| amount of credit. 
| 
| What that means is that it must squeeze as much money as it can from its 
| operations to fund that debt and still pay dividends to shareholders, who 
| will be looking for some payback from the Yahoo takeover. Giving away 
| software is the last thing it would want to do in these circumstances, and 
| the DreamSpark announcement shows just how worried it is about the future.    
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/microsofts-dreamspark-%E2%80%93-what-giveaway

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