On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 12:20:23AM +0100, Niels S. Richthof wrote:
> Hi there!
> 
> 
> Today, MS released a new patch for winxpsp2: 
> <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887742>
> 
> This is (as far as I know) the first one belonging to the brand new 
> "genuine Microsoft Windows" program.

This is seriously going to suck :(

> MS checks the validity of the license before revealing the download 
> url for this patch.

> 
> So, what is our policy in these cases? Do we provide the download 
> link or not?

Well, at the moment I could still download the patch using links (on linux)
so no validity of license needs to be checked yet. I vote for adding it.

But I fear for the future when they are going to enforce the license checking,
I don't think we will be able to provide direct links anymore ..  

-- Wim Vandersmissen


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