, 2004-05-24
Denying XP pirates the SP2 upgrade would hurt the Internet to protect Microsoft's bottom line.
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I got an even better idea: Wipe the drives:
2004-05-26
Penguinisto (3 replies)
Penguinisto (3 replies)
Weighing Profits against Peril Viral attackVIA invalid serial propigation
2004-05-28
Devious (1 replies)
Devious (1 replies)
How much headache would Microsoft have to go through if they wanted to track down those people by that method? There is no record of who owns what activation numbers. I know because I've never had to tell them who I was after upgrading my sound & video card caused me to reactivate it. So, MS would first have to go through the trouble of logging the IP addresses of the pirates. Then they would have to lump those into distinct ISP groups and attempt to get the customer names from the ISP's. Those points alone are enough to make your head spin, and we have not even discussed having to take the ISP's to court to get the user information yet.
I had thoughts about putting in a timebomb that would force them to renew the license in 30-60 days, but I do not believe that is the answer either.
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