, 2008-11-14
For the last few years, Microsoft has wrestled with their stance on piracy. Pirated operating systems are just like legitimate operating systems in terms of their exposure to vulnerabilities: Users must install patches or they will be compromised.
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Microsoft's Stance on Piracy Affects Us All
2008-11-17
NickMax (1 replies)
NickMax (1 replies)
Re: Microsoft's Stance on Piracy Affects Us All
2008-11-20
Name another company which is responsible for supporting stolen... (1 replies)
Name another company which is responsible for supporting stolen... (1 replies)
I agreed with most of what you said up to this paragraph. I do not know what you mean by this.
Most ordinary users I know will probably get a new computer before they manually download a patch. If it wasn't for auto update, I think a majority of client computers would not be patched.
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