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would you mind telling billy that i just burned a copy of my friend's win2k on a cd, installed it, and i hate him for being such a monopolist that still not enough companies support linux?

id like to keep my job, it pays quite well so i think ill pass heh.

random bit of information:

at the windows meeting bill also said how microsoft considers their main (and only) competitor to be linux.

all u linux n00bs dont know what your in for

unles you are already a linux guru there will most likely be feds at your door within the week after u install your free copy of linux

why?

simple. if u dont know what the fuck you are doing hackers WILL take advantage of you and use your computer to attack many other targets etc...

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well, i just went to a windows UX team meeting at work a few weeks ago.. bill gates was the guest speaker. he talked for awhile about how they DO NOT like piracy, and thats one of their largest concerns right now. again, i believe that the new service pack contains stuff which lets them track if you are using a pirated win xp or not. so i dunno, either bill gates was lying, or you are wrong.

ok you sound like your the closest thing TA has to Bill Gates, you said he could track us down to find out if we had a legit copy of xp, but does he really want to sue our arse!? i mean would it be worth it for Microsoft to do that and make its products REALLY uncrackable. cause when you think about it we're the reason for the monoplisation (is that even a word) of his company, because most people get Microsoft products for free or cheaply (YOU) and it is therefore the most dominate OS, everyone creates applications for them and don't bother with others like linux. So if he 'fixed the problem'of hacking and made it unhackable, meterforically speaking, than they'd lose big bucks... yeah i think im starting to answer my question now.

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By the way, im a loyal windows guy but i don't think linux sucks, i think its human nature for people to think that if they don't pay for a product then it can't be good, and this is exactly whats effecting them from making linux a os that even big companys buy. Maybe they should do what Bill Gates does, put a big price tag on the product so people go "OOO, it must be good" make it really easy to crack so they can get it easily, then everyone will be making stuff for linux and we can have some REAL competion.

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heh well im not sure specifically what he thinks...

i am going to an intern bbq at his house tomorrow, there will probably be lots of interns flocking around him but if i can get in a question, ill ask his opinions on pirating software

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Originally posted by Munken You do know linux is free, and that you can download from www.linuxiso.org? Or you can buy it for the low low price of the cd cost and shipment. The only reason that i don't use mandrake anymore is that there're are no good games for linux, and i don't want to close linux and start XP every time i feel like playing a game. And you can prays Windows all you want, but you can't ignore the fact that they're overpriced and unstabel as hell. Agreed that XP and 2000 are stable but they're now where near linux or unix.

I was being sarcastic saying people should buy linux ( actually they should like that it could become better ! quicker! )
I used to be subscribed to infomagic or whatever the name is of that place that sends all the releases every couple months or so ..

The reason why Microsoft products as a WHOLE will never ( maybe the future will change that ) be stable .... why do I allow myself to say that ?
cause they are in it for the money , they release the software before it's even been tested completely ! they promise release dates and they'll almost go by them, hence they release the software not "finished"

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Originally posted by Swamper Before you outright say a company sucks stop for a minute and think about what they've done for computing as a whole and how they've managed to allow so many components to interact with each other.... People will always bitch because they have nothing else better to do, sure there are flaws, but what exactly does Windows prevent you from doing that you really want to do? (And don't you uber-geeks start getting Linux on my ass because I'm talking about the vast populace and not the niche geek community)

RIGHT ON SWAMP!


no matter what subject : people will always complain and never be content

which is why my motto is : people are stupid!

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Originally posted by discitelli ok i see all your points, but the quetion still remains unanswered that whats stopping xp from finding out actually who the people are using these illegal versions, and then sending them a program on there next "update" that will screw everything up. C'mon, i mean these guys create this AMaZING software, and they cant even figure out how do what i said. nope, i'm not buying that.... sounds too fishy

Well this is how you do it... I have a 'borrowed version' of XP on my comp and they give you a total of 30 days er something like that to register with microsoft, by doing that (which is also manditory, or your system wont let you back on) they know your isp,and all that other good crap you had to fill out in the required parts. thus they know if your version is purchaced or not. the key though is the 25 number code you have to enter to make sure its leagal.

Now i dont know why they dont do something about stopping this problem, but like fly said there is ALWAYS an insider. now i look back on everything i just wrote and i dont know the pure point behind all that *sigh* its 4 in the morning. give me a break lol, and sorry for all the SP errors.

:TF:

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muhuahaha... if i only had a penis, mine would be much larger, since i could install longhorn (windows UX) right now on this work computer im typing from and none of you will prolly even see if for 2 years!

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well, i just went to a windows UX team meeting at work a few weeks ago.. bill gates was the guest speaker. he talked for awhile about how they DO NOT like piracy, and thats one of their largest concerns right now. again, i believe that the new service pack contains stuff which lets them track if you are using a pirated win xp or not. so i dunno, either bill gates was lying, or you are wrong.

Complete firepower!That must feel nice..!

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Originally posted by a-aplz and even with that it will be cracked. there is no such thing as un crackable software

what about kalli...online gaming software, it hasent...

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Originally posted by Dj DoomForce [QUOTE]Originally posted by sothis well, i just went to a windows UX team meeting at work a few weeks ago.. bill gates was the guest speaker. he talked for awhile about how they DO NOT like piracy, and thats one of their largest concerns right now. again, i believe that the new service pack contains stuff which lets them track if you are using a pirated win xp or not. so i dunno, either bill gates was lying, or you are wrong.

theservice pack about to be released for xp supposidly will require you to enter all new serial numbers to try and stop shit like this from happening... hahahahaha

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