Microsoft Allows Pirates to Install XP SP2

KingFishKingFish
edited May 2004 in Science & Tech
Both legitimate and unlicensed users of Microsoft's XP operating system software will be able to download the Service Pack 2 security patch for free.
"We haven't explicitly done anything to SP2 to exclude it from pirated copies," said Microsoft group product manager Barry Goffe. The United States-based executive was interviewed via telephone.
I smell something fishy here. -KingFish

Source: Computer Times

Comments

  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    They would have to upgrade XP's DRM layers in ORDER to secure the patch from being installed on illegitimate XP installs-- and tighten them down. Right now patching is more important than DRM for current things. HOWEVER, expect Longhorn to be much tighter and have built-in antipiracy things in it from release time onward.
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