[Am-info] Pirated XP to damage computers?

[Paul Rickard]

========== On 2001.11.05 08:32 PM, Gene Gaines typed: ============

>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. ...

    This is a true statement. Microsoft just failed to mention how legal 
copies of XP can have the same effects....



======== Paul Rickard, Editor of The Microsoft Boycott Campaign =======
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  "We have no intention of shipping another bloated OS and shoving it
   down the throats of our users."
       -Paul Maritz, former Microsoft Vice President