Microsoft Corp’s forthcoming Windows Vista will take much harsher steps to curtail piracy than previous versions of its operating system, including crippling the usefulness of computers found to be running unlicensed copies of the new software.
The world’s largest software maker said Wednesday that people running a version of Windows Vista that it believes is pirated will initially be denied access to some of the most anticipated Vista features. That includes Windows Aero, an improved graphics technology.
If a legitimate copy is not bought within 30 days, the system will curtail functionality much further by restricting users to just the Web browser for an hour at a time, said Thomas Lindeman, Microsoft senior product manager.
Under that scenario, a person could use the browser to surf the Web, access documents on the hard drive or log onto Web-based e-mail. But the user would not be able to directly open documents from the computer desktop or run other programs such as Outlook e-mail software, Lindeman said.
vista i will not upgrade!!!!
There will be ways around this people out there always find them
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It may seem like businesses will have to count all their licenses but it’s really not as bad as it sounds said Michael Silver an analyst with Gartner.
“It has nothing to do with license counting right now but companies will need to expend time and effort and some money to administer this in the name of helping Microsoft recoup revenue lost to piracy” he said.
Companies will not want to spend time effort and MONEY to help microsoft get more money. What is a companys’ incentive to do so?