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Wolfie00
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| Re: Just assume you are a thief, and everyone is. said by en102  :But of course it is... you don't 'own' a copy of Windows... you have a license to use a copy of Windows  Give it time, and it will be a yearly 'fee' to run Windows on the PC you purchased. With updates being pretty much essential due to the Microsoft model of shipping software that is broken and/or unfinished, we're perilously close to that already. But it's nothing new: IBM was using "software leasing" concepts ages ago, when they were the ones with the monopoly. Fortunately, and with special thanks to Vista, Linux is looking better all the time.
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antdude
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| Re: Just assume you are a thief, and everyone is. said by HiVolt :said by Wolfie00 :Fortunately, and with special thanks to Vista, Linux is looking better all the time. Personally, I'll switch full time to Mac OS before I ever touch any flavour of Linux. What's wrong with Linux? You have to buy a new machine for Mac OS X.
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