Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 4th Mar 2007 13:56 UTC, submitted by danwarne
"A genuine crack for Windows Vista has just been released by pirate group Pantheon, which allows a pirated, non-activated installation of Vista (Home Basic/Premium and Ultimate) to be properly activated and made fully-operational. Unlike cracks which have been floating around since Vista RTM was released in late November, this crack doesn't simply get around product activation with beta activation files or timestop cracks - it actually makes use of the activation process."
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2005-07-26
Exactly. Microsoft has no real intention of stopping all piracy, as that would lower adoption of Windows as the primary desktop OS worldwide. Once it's pirated and widespread use, then companies and governments are hooked, allowing MS to go after them and start charging. By then Windows is too entrenched with their users to seriously consider a switch to Linux (which they otherwise might have started out with).