best laid plans ...

[Jim Westrich]

I realize this is talking about cracking hope and/or trial versions of 
Windows XP, but full final versions of Windows XP professional have been 
distributed widely through pirate channels for nearly 2 months.

While there is an off-hand reference to this in the article, the article's 
most important point is that Microsoft's anti-copying protections are 
targeted at *legal* users doing what should be standard 
practice--installing their software on any machine they own.
The fact that Microsoft can get away with such policies with little timely 
pressure by regulating agencies AND that quasi-religious/masochistic 
consumers don't expect more speaks volumes.

Jim

At 04:11 AM 10/31/01, you wrote:
>Windows XP system 'pirated by crackers'
>
>Rebecca Allison
>Wednesday October 31, 2001
>The Guardian

"Don't take five, take what you want."

                 -Bill Drummond (of the former Kopyright Liberation Front)