> On Nov 7, 2007, at 11:04 PM, John S Costello wrote:
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> > Windows Genuine Advantage
> > (serial number validation)
>
> Ha. Advantage to whom?
A very good paper, by a well-known researcher, on the costs of Windows Vista: http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.html
Huge costs to the user, dubious advantages to Microsoft and the big move and music companies.
-- Sandy Harris, Nanjing, China