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Friday, April 14th, 2006

MSFT Endorsing Piracy??

So I find it odd, that in Vista users will not be able to use the Aero technology for cool desktop graphics features unless they pass a piracy check… Yes, that’s right… it appears pirates can use Vista but can’t play with the cool toys… Does that mean we’re looking at a free (as in beer) version of Vista?

Aero is not a new concept - rather these graphics capabilities are already common to OS X users and to Linux users who play with sharp knives under XGL. It’s odd that with Mac and Linux already in the market with this technology, MSFT would choose Aero as the point to do a validation check… Maybe they’re including other checks and the article I’m reading glosses over that, but this piece seems to suggest Aero is the checkpoint.
Why not check during the install or boot???