Microsoft turns on deactivation for non-genuine Vista

[Mike McMullin]

On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 11:53 +0100, David Gerard wrote:
> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=windows&articleId=9035478&taxonomyId=125
> 
> I fully support this move by Microsoft and fervently hope they expand
> its reach such that it is as absolutely difficult as possible for
> pirate copies of their valuable Intellectual Property to run. Better
> one hundred innocents get their computers bricked than one pirate get
> away with running or spreading a possibly-illegal copy.
> 
> If that doesn't market Ubuntu like crazy, nothing will.

  This will not really help market Linux.  While I agree that M$ has
every right to be compensated for their product, I dislike the idea that
a properly paid for license may not work because the determining
software is faulty.