qwijibow 0 Report post Posted February 17, 2005 Microsofts anouncement...http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/Wine mailing list post on the topichttp://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/Basically, whats happening, is MS is starting a new anti-piracy program.from this summer and onwards to download updates from microsoft you will have to validate your procuct ID key. this will bo done automatically by activeX or some other program.HOWEVER... the wine developers have found that one of the checks that the authentication does, is for the presence of wine.. it if finds it, it quits and refuss you access to updates.So for example if i use FreeBSD, and pay for a legal copy of MS-Office, i would not be allowed to access to product uppdates.is this legal ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG 0 Report post Posted February 17, 2005 Absolutely not - they're falling back to their "Standard Procedure" again i.e. Bully you to death till you agree to use ONLY MS Products..I'm waiting anxiously for the day when all this *hit is going to spin right back to them and spell their death knell... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kc8yff 0 Report post Posted February 17, 2005 I don't know, but that policy sucks. Why? Simply because Microsoft is gay. Why would they tell their customers to purchase products if they cannot automatically update the product? That's simply stupid. Does this mean Windows Update is going away? If it does, I am going to switch to a Mac for sure. I've had enough crap from Windows/Microsoft. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qwijibow 0 Report post Posted February 17, 2005 no, windows update is staying... but you will no be allowed to update your MS product if you are running them from *nix. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trekkie101 0 Report post Posted February 17, 2005 Hmm horrible people. I already hate authenticity junk but ive learned to live with it but im sure there will be a way round this we all know Microsoft dont make the best programs or code properly so getting past it will only take time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MajesticTreeFrog 0 Report post Posted February 17, 2005 Chances are, if this BS is like other similar things involving updates in the past, you can still download them manually from MS's website. This is a real pain though, which is why they are doing things like this. However, this is definitely anti-trust worthy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kc8yff 0 Report post Posted February 18, 2005 Even if they do keep Windows Update, that is still gay that you cannot update your MS products.A bunch of n3rds is what they are. They should learn to ph34r u5 and then they will have no problems. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
