M$ getting tougher with legit windows to get updates

Bad news or people don't care? Thank god for linux. .

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Kinda hard for people to demand service for stolen items. However, this just means that all of those stolen items can be used to attack legit systems. If people use XP SP2 (and soon Windows Server 2003 SP1) in their default modes, the firewall will block all unsolicited incoming crap, so that should help.

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Microsoft might just be shooting themselves in the foot with this plan. The countless pirated Windows systems out there would be the carriers for all the viruses and malware out there.

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If I read the proposed new policy correctly, people with any Windows product (legit or not)
will be able to obtain 'patches' (security updates and the like).
 
Only people with legit Windows products will be able to obtain 'updates'
(new versions of Media Player, IE and the like..)
 
If true, then it may indicate the Redmond folks heard the cries of the multitudes
when they proposed early last year cutting off everyone without a totally
legit copy.