Microsoft to support Linux hosting in Virtual Server

[Jerry Haltom]

Not really. I have friends who basically hand out cracked windows CDs to
their friends. They are prevalent.

On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 18:22 +1000, Alexander Jacob Tsykin wrote:
> On Wednesday 12 April 2006 18:07, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> > > It is a serious problem though -- piracy of Windows is quite common,
> > > and, in most cases, those PCs that are bought "naked" _are_ running
> > > pirated copies of Windows.
> >
> > Do you have any evidence of this claim?  I've seen various people
> > claim that «computers sold with Linux are reinstalled with pirated
> > windows» and your claim above, but I have never seen any statistics
> > which backs it up.
> >
> Seems implausible. To have a pirated version of Windows and install it, and 
> get it working in spite of the protections, a certain knowledge of computers 
> is required. If the person who got the computer had Linux installed, given 
> that the person is unlikely to have a particularly deep knowledge of 
> computers (statistically), he will either install a legal copy of Windows or 
> leave Linux on it. If the person asked the techie he bought the computer from 
> to install an illegal version of Windows to avoid paying for it, he would not 
> have had Linux installed on it originally.
> 
> Sasha
>