[Am-info] Pirated XP to damage computers?

[Gene Gaines]

FUD replaced with BS:

Microsoft says pirated versions of XP can damage computers!


>From an InfoBeat Newsletter of Mon, 05 Nov 2001 18:15:28:

Software pirates are selling bootleg versions of Microsoft's
Windows XP operating system in China, days before its
official launch in Beijing. Illegal copies, which are labeled
"officially copyrighted," are available for $3.60 per disc -
a fraction of the $180 list price. But Microsoft officials
said the pirated versions were of sample discs and could cause
damage to computers. "The piracy problem is very serious for
the local software industry," said Mark Phibbs, Microsoft
general manager of business development for Asia. A recent
report by Business Software Alliance found China ranked second
for software piracy, after Vietnam.


Gene Gaines
gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com
Sterling, Virginia