Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 22nd May 2009 20:55 UTC
Windows Windows 7 Starter Edition, a sort of My First Operating System, always carried with it a massive braindead bug feature that limited the amount of applications you could simultaniously have open at just three. Yes, past tense, because someone over in Redmond apparently looked up and smelled the roses, and suggested removing this silly limitation. And so they did, according to Paul Thurrot.
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RE[6]: Don't bother, Microsoft
by dreamlax on Sat 23rd May 2009 16:22 UTC in reply to "RE[5]: Don't bother, Microsoft"
dreamlax
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2007-01-04

The person I replied to explicitly said "every single pirated copy".

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RE[7]: Don't bother, Microsoft
by h3rman on Sat 23rd May 2009 16:25 in reply to "RE[6]: Don't bother, Microsoft"
h3rman Member since:
2006-08-09

You're right.

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darknexus Member since:
2008-07-15

The person I replied to explicitly said "every single pirated copy".


That's because every single pirated copy does help to prop up Microsoft. Dual-boot or not, you are still using it and thus propping them up, yes? You are still not fully converted to an alternate platform and therefore have Windows around, right?
The reason is irrelevant. If you have a need for Windows at all and you pirate it, you are one less user who has converted fully over to an alternate platform and hense help to keep Microsoft in the top position.

Edited 2009-05-23 17:00 UTC

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