JoeHill wrote:
Stop the presses!
"Microsoft's increasing concern over information security has translated into
its decision to bite the bullet and make its upcoming SP2 (Service Pack 2)
security patch available to all users - including those using pirated copies of
its Windows XP software."
Link:
http://computertimes.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,5104,2292,00.html
Maybe, just maybe, the 'Net will be somewhat safer with all those warez kiddies
patched up somewhat...
Well, we can dream, can't we?! LOL!
This tends to support the contention that Microsoft wants to make sure that consumers keep buying/using Windows, and they don't seem to mind
those running pirated copies too much either.
If this service pack is as good as they say, why would they need to allow pirated copies to download it, just so they could protect valid users? Something is missing here. How can a legal copy of Windows be vulnerable to the attacks that this service pack prevents, if non-licensed (ie; pirated) copies don't have the service pack installed?
Maybe when Longhorn finally comes out, they'll release a special pirate edition. Long John Silverhorn, perhaps.
Sir Robin
-- “Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.” - Voltaire
Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Universitesi Ankara 06533 Turkey
www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin
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