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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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Very debateable point - not well made:
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He sez:
Microsoft could spend millions of dollars in research and enforcement programs that make it nearly impossible to pirate Windows, but I'm glad they don't. They have taken reasonable steps to limit piracy but they haven't done this at a huge expense nor have they caused much inconvenience to most customers. They have taken steps to protect their software but they also know when to
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