Chris Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 Microsoft said Wednesday that it plans to clamp down hard on piraters of its next-generation operating systems, crippling both Windows Vista and Windows Server "Longhorn" if users fail to activate their copies within 30 days.While the restriction of operating system features has been around since the advent of Windows XP in 2001, the new program takes that process a step further. It would also make widely distributed volume-license product keys -- traditionally supplied to corporations -- harder to use.Called the Software Protection Program, the initiative is made up of several parts. The first move is to make certain features unavailable unless the user has confirmed their copy of Windows as genuine. Only licensed copies would have access to Aero -- Vista's new user interface -- and ReadyBoost, which uses a flash drive to temporarily add more memory to a computer system.Additionally, the functionality of Windows Defender would be crippled, and optional downloads from Windows Update would be unavailable to the unlicensed user. Microsoft would also place a watermark on the desktop at all times that reads "This copy of Windows is not genuine."More | Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadyassa Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 Didn`t they say that about XP, and ended up swapping bent copies for real for a dollar in Asia ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4may Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Going down that route could cost MS a lot of money in the corperate world as businesses will not put up with problems with their Volume Licensing. They might just decide that Linux is the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djohn Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Bought a new camera [fuji S9500] from PCW last week and was surprised to see that all their sales/invoicing/stock control etc was on Open Office. Speaking with the sales chap he says they have been using open office for almost two years now in preference to Microsoft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadyassa Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 There is no doubt that in the last couple of years Linux and open source stuff has made huge gains due to their enormous improvement. I have been quite surprised at the way in which Linux seems to be supplied with drivers for virtually everything built in. I have only had one minor hiccough, and that was with a USB2 scanner. But that was fairly easily overcome.Card reader, exHDD, printer, webcam all just plugged in and ran. Magic!Oh ...and being a Yorkshireman... the price is just right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 There is no doubt that in the last couple of years Linux and open source stuff has made huge gains due to their enormous improvement. I have been quite surprised at the way in which Linux seems to be supplied with drivers for virtually everything built in. I have only had one minor hiccough, and that was with a USB2 scanner. But that was fairly easily overcome.Card reader, exHDD, printer, webcam all just plugged in and ran. Magic!Oh ...and being a Yorkshireman... the price is just right.Aye! Nowt. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Interesting about the move away from MS Office.The European Patent Office now has its own version of XML (PatXML) for all patent monographs that are electonically submitted to them. As Patent Offices are being more and more international and interactive, this is most likely a joint effort worldwide. They will supply the XML software free of charge to anyone requesting it (I wouldn't recommend you do this unless you are thinking of applying for a patent as it is restricted in what it will do for you).Also the Danish Central Government are considering moving to OpenOffice from MS Office to save money:click here (38 page pdf) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Aye! Nowt. :lol:What more can a man ask for?You must have heard the well known Yorkshire saying'Ear all, see all, say nowt,Eyt all, sup all, pay nowt,An' if ivver tha does owt fer nowt,Allus do it for thi sen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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