Re: Are you looking to buy Retail WinXP Pro at a cut rate price?
- From: "kurttrail" <dontemailme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 13:03:03 -0400
Byte wrote:
> XP in Mexico sells for $25 and in India for $20
>
>> Download the "Corp" version of Win XP Pro, file-sharing or torrent,
>> and then run validation, fail, and get MS to sell you a retail copy
>> of 1/2 price!
>>
>> Do the same thing, download Corp XP Pro. Burn a copy to CD on a
>> computer it isn't install on, make up a receipt, and go to the
>> Library and do a search of newspapers for computer shows from a
>> couple years ago. Fill out the forms MS gives you and send in with
>> the CD and receipt, and get MS to send you a retail copy for free!
>>
>> OK, I'm not really advocating anybody doing this, just trying to
>> make a point. If someone is gonna pirate XP to begin with, what
>> makes MS think that people won't be doing things like this?
>>
>> Why isn't retail XP sold at the price that is being offered to people
>> with pirated Windows to begin with?
>>
>> Anyone here that bought retail XP at the full price to begin with,
>> how do you feel now that MS is only charging half the price to those
>> with pirated copies?
>>
So what is your point?
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