M$ getting tougher with legit windows to get updates

#1 LinuxCrusader

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Posted 27 January 2005 - 11:34 PM

Bad news or people don't care?

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5550205-2.html?tag=st.next

Thank god for linux.

#2 clutch

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Posted 28 January 2005 - 01:23 AM

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.

#3 iamroot

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Posted 28 January 2005 - 04:34 AM

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.

#4 martouf

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Posted 28 January 2005 - 05:49 AM

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.