Get your free copy of XP

Rocketdork · Post by **Rocketdork** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 8:34 am

From this article on the BBC.
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Last year it introduced the Windows XP Counterfeit Project, a UK-based pilot scheme, which ran from November to December.

The scheme meant that anyone with pre-installed copies of the operating system in PCs bought before November could replace counterfeit versions of Windows XP with legal ones for free.
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I guess it makes a bit of sense...they give you a legit copy of windoze for free, they get closer to finding out who the counterfeiter is...if it wasn't microsoft I would think this is good thing. Of course, the conspiracy theorist in me says this is just one step closer to M$ ruling the world.

The rest of the article was interesting too...I was expecting this. The update process for windoze products will be limited to legit copies...since 90% (+?) of the updates to windoze is security related, and not bug related...is this a good thing? or will virus's run rampant?