Comments on: Windows Genuinely Annoying

By: Paul A

Paul A — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:19:04 +0000

There is a simple solution – cut them off by activating a self destruct mode within Windows. Only when people lose something important to them (e.g. photos) will they learn not to priate.

By: kristin jones

kristin jones — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:45:24 +0000

I find it interesting that Microsoft would expect its renewed WGA effort to substantially reduce piracy in China. With far more Chinese using unlicensed software than not, one wonders if they will simply go out and buy a (pirated) version of Windows that contains a fix for the WGA black-out. The people selling the pirated software will make even more money because people can get the pirated version cheaper than the legal version. And even if one had to turn off automatic updates to prevent the black screens, one could probably get the updates by buying cheaper pirated versions more often and still come out ahead.

In any event, it seems Microsoft will be hearing more from Dong Zhengwei. Apparently filing an anti-trust lawsuit againt MSFT a couple months ago was not enough for him. Strange though, how he asserts that Microsoft’s past efforts (or lack thereof) had led to some 10 percent of Chinese computer users employing pirated software, when the QQ.com survey puts the number of users of pirated XP at almost three-fourths.

By: darren cross

darren cross — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:32:02 +0000

DZ is an attention-starved clown. give me a break: ‘yes, we steal, and rampantly, but you should find a nicer way to tell them they are illicitly using MSFT property?’ wow! how presumptuous. I don’t think the chinese gov’t wants to get in front of this.

But, hey, if it works, maybe i can get my cable and internet for free…with a few annoying messages now and then. TimeWarner, are you listening?