John2g
Qui Tacet Consentit
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join:2001-08-10
England
| If You Dislike Microsoft's Windows Antipiracy Checks, Look O
If You Dislike Microsoft's Windows Antipiracy Checks, Look Out. Next up: Microsoft Office joins the software validation program.
»www.pcworld.com/article/id,12767···cle.html
If you don't like the mandatory antipiracy checks that Microsoft now enforces for Windows, brace yourself. The Microsoft Office productivity and collaboration suite is about to get a similar program.
The company's Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) program will require mandatory validation of Office software starting October 27, the software vendor quietly disclosed today. After that date, any Office Online templates downloaded from within the Office 2007 Microsoft Office System applications will require validation of legitimacy.
Similarly, starting in January, users of Office Update will have to validate the legitimacy of their Office software before they can use the service, Microsoft added.
Users absolutely hated the first iteration of the Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) program, and their protests pressured the company into revising it about a year after it launched in July 2005.........
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short09
join:2006-07-21 | bill gates and microsoft got enough billions as it is
the least they could do is offer office updates on cd-rom |
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CloneRanger
join:2006-10-16
USA | reply to John2g
So what can we expect to be next on the hitlist and how many more ? |
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MarkAW
Barry White or lil bratt
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join:2001-08-27
Canada
 ·Bell Sympatico
 ·Cogeco Cable
| said by CloneRanger  :So what can we expect to be next on the hitlist and how many more ? To answer this question, Microsoft Works,Messenger,Media player,Windows Defender these would be my guess. |
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astirusty
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join:2000-12-23
Henderson, NV
·AT&T Southwest
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said by CloneRanger :So what can we expect to be next on the hitlist and how many more ? My guess is that WGA/OGA will move to a system that rents/licenses you for XXX hours (or XX days) of use for a particular MS product. You will have to connect to MS via the internet to purchase time credits for particular products. Thus, MS will be able to force periodic checks of your entire system for pirated copies of MS products, copyrighted materials, and DRM compliance (or DRM bypass hacks). |
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Wildcatboy
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join:2000-10-30
Toronto, ON | reply to John2g
»Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) program begins... |
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