[IP] more on Microsoft showing its true colors ... Again
Begin forwarded message:
From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: June 5, 2004 8:39:54 PM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: rforno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] Microsoft showing its true colors ... Again
Dave Farber [05/06/04 11:42 -0800]:
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From: Richard Forno <rforno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
According to this BBC article, "SP2 will check the product ID number
for the
copy of XP in use on a PC and will not let itself be installed if that
software is a version that has been widely pirated." (The 20 most
pirated
numbers.)
You know something? That was the case with XP SP1 as well.
srs
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