Now we all know that Vista will be pirated even if Microsoft has all intentions of preventing it (see reference below). You can’t lock down a product to the point that it “can’t” be pirated without also making it too difficult and inconvenient for legal users to use.
Microsoft said Wednesday that it plans to clamp down hard on pirates of its next-generation operating systems, crippling both Windows Vista and Windows Server “Longhorn” if users fail to activate their copies within 30 days.
Also, if Vista’s going to be “calling home” on a regular basis to check for a valid license then there will be a lot of users pissed, including me. I don’t approve any software that feels it has the right to automatically contact or send any information from my computer across the Internet. Even it it’s suppose to be only license data. It’s a matter of trust, and I don’t trust any corporations intentions to that point.
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