Microsoft's Velvet Glove

Microsoft's Velvet Glove
Mark Burnett, 2005-01-31

Redmond's plan to make you install Windows authentication software before downloading vital security patches is a reasonable and gentle effort to limit piracy.

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"Were it not for the pirates, they could likely charge less per license and the profits would increase at the same time."

Sure, they could but they wouldn't. Microsoft has played their greedy hand at every opportunity.

Of course, that does help your stock so I'm sure you're OK with that.

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