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ZDNet Australia: Is Microsoft Driving Freeloaders to Linux?

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“Redmond’s decision to mandate a piracy check for all customers
who want to download add-ons for Windows XP–excluding security
patches–is designed to check what the company regards as rampant
illicit use of its software.

“The problem is so bad, Redmond reckons, that around one-third
of all copies of Windows in use worldwide are illegitimate…”


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