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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: whabang on November 16, 2004, 03:30:36 PM
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LINK (http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20041115_135458.html´)
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:-o :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
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Hahahahahahahahaaaa!
[deep breath]
Hahahahahahahahaaaahahahahahahahahaaaa!
It does almost seem like a set up in some respects - perhaps some "contributors" added "harmless data files" so they could kick microsoft in the nuts later ;-)
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Why am I not surprised!!!
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So all it means is that Sony get a reduced rate on XP... which sucks as they are one of the few companies big enough to chalenge M$ with Linux or a proprietory system.
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Perhaps you should get Sony to market AROS on its PDAs etc ;-)
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Boring....
I am not surprised that they used pirated software. I am sure home owners and maybe some business use some software that is not legit.
They must be really bored for them to pick on Microsoft for such thing. :-)
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Cyberus wrote:
Perhaps you should get Sony to market AROS on its PDAs etc ;-)
Well until recently Sony PDA's could run AROS :-o But now they've switched to using ARM CPU's (rather than the 68k compatible Dragonball)... Now to get AROS booting on my XScale :-/
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:banana: :banana: :banana:
Lets hear it for Microsoft.............
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And on the Transmeta Cruso processors? :-)
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I would hardly say "busted."
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Cyberus wrote:
And on the Transmeta Cruso processors? :-)
Yeah, AROS run on them (much to the anoyance of the staff at a Sony store on Tottenham court road) :-)
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:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :banana:
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:lol:
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Way way too funny --
I don't think boring at all.
The irony here - The company that raises the issue of "Illegal copies of its os" (and hellish activation) are proven to be using priated software -- Or at least one of their subcontractors.
I thought the expression was:
He who is without sin shall throw the first stone...
The revised line for MS should be:
He who is with the least amount of sins shall throw the first stone.
:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
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Read the article - it says the file was created with pirated software, but the issue now becomes: did they create the file, or buy it for use in the product from a media provider who takes responisbility for the content? The answer is likely the latter. My understanding is that this company generally obtains thier media from 3rd parties, and that media is sold with the undersatanding that the supplier of the media is responsible for the rights. They would not be a subcontractor in this case. So it's a titilating story, but likely nothing more.
>> are proven to be using priated software -- Or at least one of their subcontractors.
While the article would like the gulible to believe this, it does not say it outright, as that would likely be incorrect.
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But judging from all the :roflmao: this is not something an Amiga fanatic wants to hear.
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Windows, from the beginning was all about stealing from others. Take a good idea and make it ours. Look back to early windblows. If Micro$ had an original idea it would be in the guinness disc of records. :lol:
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That's funny. But I'm not too supprised.
I thought they could actually employ programmers to write the software.
It's quite possible that they're using all sorts of other stolen technologies. I wouldn't be supprised! ;-)
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Read the article - it says the file was created with pirated software, but the issue now becomes: did they create the file, or buy it for use in the product from a media provider who takes responisbility for the content? The answer is likely the latter. My understanding is that this company generally obtains thier media from 3rd parties, and that media is sold with the undersatanding that the supplier of the media is responsible for the rights. They would not be a subcontractor in this case. So it's a titilating story, but likely nothing more.
>> are proven to be using priated software -- Or at least one of their subcontractors.
While the article would like the gulible to believe this, it does not say it outright, as that would likely be incorrect.
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Score one for the crackers tho... I mean it's not every day someones sig ends up in a major software distro. Think about it, the author of the crack just tagged half the worlds PCs without even trying! Impressive, most impressive!
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Let me get this straight... Microsoft is using a hugely expensive audio program to create those dinky, extrememly lame sounds that play when Windows boots up?
They should have used Goldwave. :)
Seriously, I'm disappointed with this. An audio file with a cracked signature is more like a minor slip, and was probably just one guy at Microsoft not thinking straight. I would've been more interested if they had been caught pirating a $10,000 3D application and got an entire team to use it to create, like, half of their graphics.