<br>The following article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald on Tuesday, 19th June, 2007, p.25, IT Update.<br><br>Windows cracked<br>A Linux penguin is claiming a coup: he has fooled Microsoft into thinking an Ubuntu Linux installation was "genuine Windows". Microsoft's Windows Genuine Validation is "an online validation process that allows you to verify that your copy of Windows is genuine", says Microsoft's website. However Linux user "Rob" posted an account of how he used a Windows emulator and a program called IEs4 Linux and was astounded to find Microsoft's system validated him as a genuine Windows user. "I just did this for a laugh and didn't expect it to work," he said.
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