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Windows 10 Will Be Free For Some Software Pirates ???

Discussion in 'News & Current Events' started by allheart55 (Cindy E), Mar 18, 2015.

  1. allheart55 (Cindy E)

    allheart55 (Cindy E) Administrator Administrator

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    Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users this summer, but Microsoft is also extending its offer to software pirates. "We are upgrading all qualified PCs, genuine and non-genuine, to Windows 10," says Terry Myerson, Microsoft’s Windows chief, in an interview with Reuters.

    The move means that thousands, perhaps millions, of machines will get a free copy of Windows 10 even if a license has not been properly acquired. While the Reuters report is focused on China, it's not immediately clear if this extends to other regions, but Myerson's "all qualified PCs" appears to suggest so. The Verge has reached out to Microsoft to clarify.

    Software pirates have always defeated Windows activation.

    Microsoft has a long history of attempts to thwart software piracy. Windows XP was the company's first operating system to introduce software activation to verify license keys, but it was quickly defeated using a corporate license key that many pirates shared on the internet back in 2001.

    Software activation has evolved throughout various versions of Windows, but pirates have largely managed to bypass it each time. While Microsoft's plan might seem like letting software pirates go free, studies have found that in a lot of cases pirated Windows licenses are installed on new machines without customers even knowing they have an illegal copy.

    Microsoft has tried various methods to encourage those customers to return their machines or seek out a legal copy, but it’s headache and a bad experience of Windows itself if that’s the first thing you have to deal with in certain regions.

    Windows software piracy is no small feat, so Microsoft’s move is surprising and meaningful. Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer revealed in 2011 that only one customer in every 10 is actually paying for Microsoft software in China, and he joined President Obama and other business leaders to highlight the issues. Microsoft has also continually highlighted the financial impact of software piracy, but it continues to be a problem in Brazil, Russia, India, and China.

    Source : http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/18/8241023/windows-10-free-for-software-pirates
     
    allheart55 (Cindy E), Mar 18, 2015
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    Wow that is amazing.
     
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    I'm part Chinese do I get it free LOL! NO way in heck should it be free to pirates. If it is I'll install my Win 8 copy everywhere and EVERYONE will have Win 10 free. See how that doesn't work. Now if they are going subscription I could understand why it would be free to pirates... Now you are locked into a subscription Ha take that John Bonny!
     
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    Yeah I can't believe that will actually happen Gimbo, that flies against everything they believe in.
     
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    I am actually very suspicious that they will go the way of yearly subscriptions to keep your operating system running. Especially with the way they are doing things, we wait and see.

    As I have said elsewhere, I keep a couple of hard drives with Windows 7 clones of my current set up, one I will allow one clone to be upgraded to Windows 10 and run it to see what it is like, however if I then put the Windows 7 original back in, I wonder if that will cause problems with the system clone having been upgraded? Will the same system key be picked up on as being both Windows 7, and Windows 10?
    No doubt I shall find out when it happens.
     
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    I can't see how that could happen Nev where the system rejects going back to Windows 7.
     
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    Considering how Microsoft keep tabs on product keys, it is interference from Microsoft I am expecting, not the system itself Rich.
     
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    It wouldn't surprise me at all.
     
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