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I seem to recall reading that MS only started doing the activation thing in XP because the BSA threatened to throw them out. Frankly MS has held that it is bet
by digi_owl 8y ago
I seem to recall reading that MS only started doing the activation thing in XP because the BSA threatened to throw them out.
Frankly MS has held that it is better, for them, that the public pirate MS software than switch to alternatives.
Also, private usage of MS software is seem by them as a sales pitch towards businesses. It allows MS to argue that potential employees already knows basic operations, so there is less required training for new hires.
- mwcampbell 8y ago> I seem to recall reading that MS only started doing the activation thing in XP because the BSA threatened to throw them out. I don't buy it. Microsoft was so huge that I don't see why they would care about the BSA. It seems more likely that product activation really has helped Microsoft make more money.
- bitwize 8y agoMicrosoft co-founded the BSA because the software piracy rent-a-cops of the day -- the SPA -- sided with the DoJ in the antitrust suit against Microsoft.