interesting story
Octavian Rasnita
orasnita at home.ro
Wed May 15 21:16:58 EDT 2002
So do I, but because Windows XP doesn't support so much hardware like
Windows 2000 and because it has some problems with some DOS programs.
Teddy,
orasnita at home.ro
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: interesting story
So Do I. Can't use it though because I don't got jaws "NT authorisation".
Maybe there's a crack for that also?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romualt.dhs.org>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: interesting story
> Yeah. A friend of mine surprised me the other day by cheerfully informing
me that he's got a cd of a cracked copy of windows xp.
> Greg
>
>
> On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 03:22:42PM -0400, Alex Snow wrote:
> > Sounds just like Microcrap. Hypocritical.
> > And about that xp activation thing, it's been cracked.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths at attbi.com>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 7:33 PM
> > Subject: interesting story
> >
> >
> > Hi all. Hope this is of interest.
> >
> > Did Microsoft Flirt With Piracy?
> >
> > Complaints about open-source software policy reveal
piracy
> > rap
> > in France.
> > Kim Zetter, special to PCWorld.com
> > Thursday, May 09, 2002
> > While Microsoft cracks down on software pirates the
world
> > over, the software giant itself was quietly convicted
of
> > piracy charges in France last fall--and the case,
while
> > supposedly under appeal, may cost the company some
> > business.
> > The French division of Microsoft is facing a fine of
about
> > $422,000 for illegal use of another company's source
code
> > in
> > an animation program called Softimage 3D. The program
has
> > been
> > used to create such films as The Matrix, Men in Black,
and
> > Star Wars. But the dispute itself was cited by a
> > governmental
> > buyer who contends Microsoft should not complain about
> > pirates
> > when it is guilty of the same transgression. Microsoft
did
> > not
> > respond to requests for comment.
> > Borrowed Code
> > The issue started in 1995 when Microsoft France
purchased
> > Softimage, a Canadian company that developed the 3D
CGI
> > animation program Softimage 3D. The acquired company
was
> > accused of illegally lifting source code from a
> > proprietary
> > program called Character, developed by the owners of
Syn'x
> > Relief, a company near Paris.
> > In 1994, Softimage had negotiated with Syn'x about
> > integrating
> > parts of the Character program into Softimage 3D. But
the
> > deal
> > fell through when Softimage demanded all rights to the
> > code,
> > according to a report in PC World Malta. In 1995, when
> > Syn'x
> > severed its relationship with Microsoft-Softimage, the
> > company
> > assured Syn'x that it had removed "some or all" of
> > Character
> > from its software. But Syn'x charges that
> > Microsoft-Softimage
> > removed only one part of the code, and retained eight
> > other
> > functions that Character's developers had registered
with
> > the
> > French National Intellectual Property Institute.
> > After Syn'x sent two letters to Softimage and
Microsoft
> > demanding the functions be removed, the company filed
> > suit. In
> > 1998, Microsoft sold Softimage to Avid Technologies
but
> > remained responsible for the legal infringements of
its
> > former
> > wholly owned subsidiary.
> > Although Syn'x eventually fell into bankruptcy as a
result
> > of
> > the case, the program's authors continued their fight.
> > Last
> > September the Commercial Court of Nanterre, France,
> > awarded
> > Syn'x the judgment for damages and interest. Microsoft
has
> > vowed to appeal the decision.
> > Sales Pitch Rebuffed
> > Microsoft's brush with piracy in France came to light
only
> > this week. The case was overshadowed at the time by
the
> > focus
> > on the September 11 terrorist attacks. But recently a
> > Peruvian
> > congressman raised the issue in regard to a Microsoft
> > contract.
> > Dr. Edgar David Villanueva Nuñez corresponded in April
> > with
> > Microsoft's general manager in Peru over proposed
> > legislation
> > there that would require any software used by the
Peruvian
> > government to be open source (or "free software," as
it's
> > referred to in Peru). Microsoft representatives
protested
> > the
> > plan, writing the congressman that producing
open-source
> > software makes a software company vulnerable to piracy
of
> > its
> > intellectual property by competitors. If Peru mandates
the
> > use
> > of open-source software by government agencies, it
"would
> > establish discriminatory and noncompetitive practices
in
> > the
> > contracting and purchasing" of software by public
bodies,
> > Microsoft stated.
> > Nuñez was apparently not persuaded. He replied to
> > Microsoft:
> > "The inclusion of the intellectual property of others
in
> > works
> > claimed as one's own is not a practice that has been
noted
> > in
> > the [open-source] software community; whereas,
> > unfortunately,
> > it has been in the area of proprietary software." He
cited
> > specifically Microsoft's conviction by the Commercial
> > Court of
> > France, "for violation of intellectual property
(piracy,
> > to
> > use the unfortunate term that your firm commonly uses
in
> > its
> > publicity)."
> > Meanwhile, Microsoft remains one of the most outspoken
> > critics
> > of piracy, aggressively pursuing violators and urging
> > authorities to crack down on anyone who illegally
copies
> > its
> > software. The company even went so far as to include
an
> > Activation Wizard in Windows XP, which prevents
customers
> > from
> > loading a single copy of XP onto more than one PC. The
> > company
> > amended the policy after user outcry.
> >
> >
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