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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. I don't buy it. Microsoft was s
by 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.