Microsoft Watch: Are Wine Users Just 'Whining' About Microsoft's Anti-Piracy Plans?

"Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) program has had its share of critics. But this week, a number of open-source advocates joined the ranks of those questioning Microsoft's methods for thwarting software piracy.

"On Wednesday, a developer of Wine--an open-source implementation of the Windows application-programming interface that allows Windows applications to run on Unix and Linux--said he discovered that Microsoft's Windows validation tool checks for Wine and generates an error when it is found..."

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