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What the hell is going on here? Doesn't Microsoft offer similar for free download from their own website? I seem to remember their media creation tool not promp
by rightos 8y ago
What the hell is going on here? Doesn't Microsoft offer similar for free download from their own website? I seem to remember their media creation tool not prompting for a key until install time. Why on earth would they fight this?
- gh02t 8y agoThere's another article on HN right now about it, one of the comments provides some insight: He was not providing people with restore media they could use to fix their own machines. He was taking the restore media, burning it onto discs _with official Microsoft and Dell logos on them and then selling them to computer refurbishers who would then include them with PCs they were selling. If that's true then I think it provides some justification. It's at least infringing on trademarks. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16923178 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16923178